BUTCHER
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2014
Genres
- post-apocalyptic video game
- shooter game
- platform game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Indie*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
Audio languages
- English*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
Community tags · historical
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 92*
- Gore*
- Votes · historical
- 82*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 74*
- Pixel Graphics*
- Votes · historical
- 64*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 63*
- Violent*
- Votes · historical
- 55*
- Difficult*
- Votes · historical
- 53*
- Shooter*
- Votes · historical
- 47*
- Platformer*
- Votes · historical
- 46*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 38*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 32*
- Retro*
- Votes · historical
- 30*
- Villain Protagonist*
- Votes · historical
- 28*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 25*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 25*
- Arcade*
- Votes · historical
- 15*
- Controller*
- Votes · historical
- 14*
- Action-Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 13*
- Blood*
- Votes · historical
- 8*
- Metroidvania*
- Votes · historical
- 7*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP2+*
- Processor alternatives
- Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Linux · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 12.04+ or SteamOS+*
- Processor alternatives
- Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Mac OS X 10.8+*
- Processor alternatives
- Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 5*
- Community confidence
- low*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Full*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Transhuman Design
- Phobia Game Studio*
Publishers
- Transhuman Design
- Crunching Koalas*
Release history
- 2014-08-27
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- web browser
- 2016-10-05
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- 2016-10-05
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- macOS
- 2016-10-05
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- Linux
- 2016-10-04 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2016-10-04*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Oct 5, 2016*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Core 2 Duo*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Name
- Butcher*
- Release year
- 2,016*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Core 2 Duo*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Specifications 2 · 7 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Transhuman Design
- Transhuman Design*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- platform game
- platform game*
- shooter game
- shooter game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Crunching Koalas
- Crunching Koalas*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2016-10-04 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2016-10-04*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 35 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 27*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 190* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Phobia Game Studio*
- Transhuman Design*
- DLC count · historical
- 2*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 50000 - 100000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 160* min
- Metacritic score
- 70*
- Name
- BUTCHER*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 172*
- Peak ccu
- 2*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 1,102*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 2.49*
- Publishers
- Crunching Koalas*
- Recommendations
- 986*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 5, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Game website · historical
- https://butcher.thd.vg*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Phobia Game Studio
- Phobia Game Studio*
- Transhuman Design
- Transhuman Design*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Crunching Koalas
- Crunching Koalas*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 5, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 92* min
- Ccu
- 2*
- Developer
- Phobia Game Studio, Transhuman Design*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Historical US original list price
- 999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 65* min
- Name
- BUTCHER*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 172*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 50,000 .. 100,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 1,102*
- Historical US price
- 999* US cents
- Publisher
- Crunching Koalas*
- Community tags · historical
- Action*
- Gore*
- Indie*
- Pixel Graphics*
- 2D*
- Violent*
- Difficult*
- Shooter*
- Platformer*
- Dark*
- Adventure*
- Retro*
- Villain Protagonist*
- Singleplayer*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Arcade*
- Controller*
- Action-Adventure*
- Blood*
- Metroidvania*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Community tags · historical
- Action
- Action*
- Gore
- Gore*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Pixel Graphics
- Pixel Graphics*
- 2D
- 2D*
- Violent
- Violent*
- Difficult
- Difficult*
- Shooter
- Shooter*
- Platformer
- Platformer*
- Dark
- Dark*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Retro
- Retro*
- Villain Protagonist
- Villain Protagonist*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Arcade
- Arcade*
- Controller
- Controller*
- Action-Adventure
- Action-Adventure*
- Blood
- Blood*
- Metroidvania
- Metroidvania*
- Tags votes
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 92*
- Gore
- Votes · historical
- 82*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 74*
- Pixel Graphics
- Votes · historical
- 64*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 63*
- Violent
- Votes · historical
- 55*
- Difficult
- Votes · historical
- 53*
- Shooter
- Votes · historical
- 47*
- Platformer
- Votes · historical
- 46*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 38*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 32*
- Retro
- Votes · historical
- 30*
- Villain Protagonist
- Votes · historical
- 28*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 25*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 25*
- Arcade
- Votes · historical
- 15*
- Controller
- Votes · historical
- 14*
- Action-Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 13*
- Blood
- Votes · historical
- 8*
- Metroidvania
- Votes · historical
- 7*
Specifications 5 · 29 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Phobia Game Studio*
- Transhuman Design*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: OS: Ubuntu 12.04+ or SteamOS+ Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+ Storage: 200 MB available space *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: Mac OS X 10.8+ Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+ Storage: 200 MB available space *
- Metacritic score
- 70*
- Name
- BUTCHER*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+ DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $9.99*
- Publishers
- Crunching Koalas*
- Recommendations total
- 980*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 5, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Phobia Game Studio
- Phobia Game Studio*
- Transhuman Design
- Transhuman Design*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 12.04+ or SteamOS+*
- Processor alternatives
- Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- Mac OS X 10.8+*
- Processor alternatives
- Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP2+*
- Processor alternatives
- Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Crunching Koalas
- Crunching Koalas*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 5, 2016*
- Interface languages
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
Specifications 6 · 17 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- full*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Action|Adventure|Indie*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 11,247*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- low*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 5*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,016*
- Title
- BUTCHER*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 5*
- Community confidence
- low*
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