BUTCHER
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
- Price:$9.99
- Release Date:10/5/2016
- Franchise:CrunchingKoalas
- Developers:
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:1/3/2025
- Steam App Id:474210
BUTCHER
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, BUTCHER has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 99% lower than its previous all-time peak of 68 players achieved on 10/30/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for BUTCHER. It has received a total of 1,234 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 82 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for BUTCHER and its growth over time. It currently has 6,264 followers on its community page.
BUTCHER Price
BUTCHER costs $9.99 in the Steam store as of 1/3/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Butcher x Beyond Sunset, BUTCHER - Game + Extended Soundtrack, BUTCHER x INCISION, BUTCHER x Supplice, Phobia Game Studio Bundle, or Bloody Shooters Bundle which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for BUTCHER.
About BUTCHER
BUTCHER is an Indie, Action, and Adventure game developed by Phobia Game Studio, and Transhuman Design. On 10/5/2016, it was released on the Steam Store by Crunching Koalas, and Transhuman Design.
Players have rated BUTCHER as "Very Positive" out of 1,234 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 1,065 positive reviews and 169 negative reviews — an overall 86% positive review rating. Additionally, BUTCHER has earned a metascore of 70 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play BUTCHER on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 6 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), and Portuguese. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, BUTCHER supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Includes level editor
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Single-player
From the Steam community, BUTCHER has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Difficult
- Side Scroller
- Great Soundtrack
- Violent
- Dark
- Platformer
- Controller
- Pixel Graphics
- Metroidvania
- Shooter
- Retro
- Gore
- Action-Adventure
- Horror
- Arcade
- Indie
- Adventure
- Villain Protagonist
- Action
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for BUTCHER and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
BUTCHER is referenced by 2 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BUTCHER - Extended Soundtrack | Music | 10/5/2016 | View |
 | BUTCHER - W.I.M.P. (EASY MODE) DLC | DLC | 12/7/2016 | View |
Related Bundles
BUTCHER is included in 6 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Butcher x Beyond Sunset | 2 | 2 | $11.68 | View |
 | BUTCHER - Game + Extended Soundtrack | 2 | 2 | $13.48 | View |
 | BUTCHER x INCISION | 2 | 2 | $21.23 | View |
 | BUTCHER x Supplice | 2 | 2 | $21.23 | View |
 | Phobia Game Studio Bundle | 2 | 2 | $18.38 | View |
 | Bloody Shooters Bundle | 2 | 2 | $4.23 | View |
Related Packages
BUTCHER is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
Supported Languages
BUTCHER is available in 6 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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BUTCHER data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 3). BUTCHER on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/474210
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 3). BUTCHER. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/474210
- Metacritic. (2025, January 3). BUTCHER for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/butcher
- Phobia Game Studio. (2023, July 8). BUTCHER. BUTCHER. https://butcher.thd.vg