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BUTCHER
Developer Phobia Game Studio, Transhuman Design
Butcher is a run and gun video game developed by Phobia Game Studio and Transhuman Design. Crunching Koalas and Transhuman Design published it in 2016. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
170 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
81 positive · 12 negative
95% range 79–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 81 | 12 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 12 | 1 | 61 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
774 of 892 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 77 yes, 10 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 87 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,227 of 1,420 positive).
Players widely compare BUTCHER to a 2D version of DOOM, praising its fast, brutal action. [1][2][3][4] Many note the game is very challenging, with some finding it frustrating but fair. [2][5][6][7] Several reviewers mention the game is short, typically completed in about 1.5 hours. [2][8][6][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [18]
Unfun, blurry mess, with annoying sounds. "Abuse" is how it's done, and that game is 30 years old.
- [1]
DOOM-style brutality in a fast, vicious 2D run-and-gun shooter.
- [2]
BUTCHER is a fast spaced 2D side scrolling shooter which feels like DOOM but in 2D. Let me tell you, this game is NOT easy, normal mode is hard mode but luckily they have a DLC to play the game in easy mode if you just want a casual playthrough (which I wanted). The game is not super long, and can be played through in about 1.5 hours on easy mode, otherwise you will be in for a lot of trial and error (similar to …
- [5]
This game is a banger if you're into ridiculous amounts of gore, bad*ss weapons, and a heavy as s*t atmosphere, the in game character sprites aren't gonna win any beauty contests but the concept art is absolute fire, the environments and the batsh*it crazy gameplay make up for it This game is hard, but it doesn't pull that cheap bulls*it difficulty that pi**es you off, If you're gonna play it, use a controller …
- [9]
Pretty neat and short game. Plays like Doom but 2D. OK for 5 dollars, but 10 is a bit high. Replay value only high if you want to challenge yourself more and more. 10/10 on sale only 8/10 without sale
Summarised from 34 of the 146 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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BUTCHER sits at 87% positive across 93 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Butcher received mixed reviews on Metacritic. Hardcore Gamer recommended the game to people who enjoy violent and challenging retro games but said it may not appeal to people outside of that niche. Commenting on the game's violence, GameSpot said that "beneath that gruff exterior is a thoughtfully crafted game". Digitally Downloaded said the game comes close to its goal of channeling Doom in a 2D game but is "let down by its idea of scale". Push Square wrote, "It's brief, chaotic, and hard as nails, but this is a glorious throwback that every fan of 90s shooters should pick up." Nintendo Life said the gameplay is repetitive but recommended it to players who enjoy challenging games.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 170 · most liked firstIndiana Jones and the Great Circle is out and is my favourite game of the year. It is so much like Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay with even more non-combat gameplay. I will be wrapping my PC video today or tomorrow which is also a positive story. Important info 8-10 GB cards.
positive · AI labelView post →Here's your weird video game history for the day. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay was cancelled for 2 weeks - but nobody at the studio noticed. Watch our video on the history of MachineGames here youtu.be/SAEdFG7_X_w
neutral · AI labelView post →"The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay appears to have been a huge inspiration on The Great Circle, and it’s refreshing to be playing a game like Butcher Bay again – particularly when it’s done with this much verve and commitment to a storied franchise."👀 www.ign.com/articles/ind...
neutral · AI labelView post →I got the Indiana Jones game and it's a Butcher Bay. It's so good. It's an evolution of Butcher Bay's stealth-brawler design with Hitman disguises and an aesthetic that is impressively loyal to the Indy films, from the lighting and film grain effects to the fonts and sound design. Feels authentic.
positive · AI labelView post →Pitch Black laid the groundwork for Starbreeze Studios to invent Vin Diesel for the 2004 video game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. This indirectly led to the invention of Harrison Ford for the 2024 video game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
neutral · AI labelView post →Was going to pick out a game to hate but saw The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and was so pleasantly amused to see it up there that I cannot summon hater energy
positive · AI labelView post →Modder Nezarn just fixed another issue with the PC version of Chronicles of Riddick, in the latest version of TCoRFix it's now possible to play Butcher Bay in 1440p and 4K. Previously the game would only display the top left of the image at these resolutions.
neutral · AI labelView post →NOBODY’s safe from Joline Ravers in the squared circle. Don’t matter if it’s some babyfaced rookie, prizefighter, wannabe champ- It’s all the same bagwork to Big J. This “Butcher Baronness” Griotte? Fresh meat for the mitts. (Griotte from the game Armello) (Art’s from @sheeppizza2.bsky.social!)
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent the morning cutting together some footage for a thing, and yep, we have certainly made the licensed game I’ve been dreaming of since Butcher Bay and Elite Force.
positive · AI labelView post →“Oh how’d I’d killlllll… to see you — again! Love’s a game, I played the fool…” - Cowboy Malfoy “The Bayou Butcher and Black Dove” in collab with the always amazing @kanmuru419.bsky.social for 12 Nights of Horror! archiveofourown.org/works/94965986 Tastes like bacon… 🤭 #appleradio #fanfic
neutral · AI labelView post →How do you do, fellow kids? Check out new "What to play?" post, this time with some cool "boomer shooters" • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - one of the best movie-based video games, a great mix of shooter & stealth myabandonware.com/game/the-chr... #abandonware #MyAbandonware
neutral · AI labelView post →I had low expectations for the Indiana Jones game, everything about it looked incredibly generic. So color me surprised to be hours deep and hooked on a game that's Thief / Riddick: Butcher Bay mix, spiritual successor I didn't know I needed so badly. This game is great.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's weird game sampling: D'lirium. A My Little Pony survival horror shooter. store.steampowered.com/app/670160/D... It's pretty good, in a very 90s sorta way. Reminds me of Butcher, the platform shooter. It's also an honest-to-god Christmas game! Finding and opening presents is a mechanic.
neutral · AI labelView post →Video game called Clone Butcher. You play a guy who has found a cloning machine, you make clones of yourself and then kill, butcher, and sell them. The clones, of course, argue with you, fight, and escape. The more clone meat you sell the better you can restrain them.
neutral · AI labelView post →DOOM-style brutality in a fast, vicious 2D run-and-gun shooter.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 there is literally a dedicated a jerk off button I am not joking Buy this game and jerk off
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tigs the Butcher Goblin x Futa, collectible found In-Game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The only litmus test you need when creating outlandish fantasy names for a character in a role playing game is how easily your characters can BUTCHER it with a silly nickname.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hear me out, a Street Fighter style game featuring characters out of soaps. Imagine, Mike Baldwin vs Pat Butcher, or Amos Brearly vs Jimmy Corkhill? It'd sell a million.
neutral · AI labelView post →Riddick - Butcher Bay (not the Dark Athena rerelease) Full game with 1.1 patch + no cd crack is on myabandonware Site below is an essential fix for crashes and visual errors on modern GPUs and resolutions above 1920x1080 github.com/Nezarn/TCoRF...
neutral · AI labelView post →Back in the day, Pat Butcher had game. #TOTP
neutral · AI labelView post →The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Tigon Studios/Starbreeze Studios/Atari Interactive) was released 15 years ago today. The awesome Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) was included. It was the last Riddick video game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The best of them, "Escape From Butcher Bay" is abandonware you can download for free. www.myabandonware.com/game/the-chr...
neutral · AI labelView post →Completely unrelated what so ever 👀 Have you all heard of the book “Butcher and Blackbird?” A dark romance about two serial killers who challenge each other to an annual game of who can get the target first and catch feelings along the way. Highly recommend - for no real reason 🍎📻 #appleradio
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Escape from Butcher Bay so much - one of my favourit s of all time. So happy to see the new Indiana Jones game follow in its footsteps
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight at 8pm Eastern I will be streaming Butcher Creek, the new horror game by @duskdev.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Excited to recreate this with the Necro Butcher in the next WWE 2K game
neutral · AI labelView post →computah, play BUTCHER VANITY by FLAVOR FOLEY #yandereau #rottenlucktober #rottenluck #crickart
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished reading The Butcher of the Forest and I have terrible news… … I want to make a game
neutral · AI labelView post →if carrion and doom had a kid that was babysat by duke nukem
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"If he's captain, he's got to change his game accordingly". I don't recall people saying that about Roy Keane or Stuart Pearce or Terry Butcher. #coys
neutral · AI labelView post →Stephen Rea in the Neil Jordan films "The Company of Wolves", "The Crying Game", "The Butcher Boy" and "Breakfast on Pluto" - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Excellent game. Great story, gameplay, music, and the closest we'll ever get to a modern Escape Form Butcher Bay game 9/10
positive · AI labelView post →WWE giving Necro Butcher a legends deal to include him in a video game while censoring out anything too violent on Netflix replays is very funny to me. Like, of all people, Necro Butcher? Really? I'm going to go out on a limb and say the VAST majority of WWE's current fandom has no idea who he is.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mate was invited to cull deer on a section owned by vegans. He turned up a couple of days ago with wild pork sausages (Waikanae Butcher processes game), and some venison mince.
neutral · AI labelView post →BUTCHER is a fast spaced 2D side scrolling shooter which feels like DOOM but in 2D. Let me tell you, this game is NOT easy, normal mode is hard mode but luckily they have a DLC to play the game in easy mode if you just want a casual playthrough (which I wanted). The game is not super long, and can be played through in about 1.5 hours on easy mode, otherwise you will be in for a lot of trial and error (similar to Hotline Miami).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Butcher has been marking the opposition main strikers and nullifying them each game. He is pivotal to our defense.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is a banger if you're into ridiculous amounts of gore, bad*ss weapons, and a heavy as s*t atmosphere, the in game character sprites aren't gonna win any beauty contests but the concept art is absolute fire, the environments and the batsh*it crazy gameplay make up for it This game is hard, but it doesn't pull that cheap bulls*it difficulty that pi**es you off, If you're gonna play it, use a controller though, makes all the difference Its me or there's some serious Quake 1 vibes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun game with minimalist graphics, but it freezes sometimes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is hard but I'm also hard
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfun, blurry mess, with annoying sounds. "Abuse" is how it's done, and that game is 30 years old.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate NepoSwanson with a passion, so I say this with vomit in my throat, but I'm betting he's on the money with this one. This info might be enough to give someone a stroke, if they got briefed and had to carry it. If Krasnov & The Butcher drop nukes, it's game fucking over.
neutral · AI labelView post →Flint Dille is a game designer & novelist, known for his animated work on Transformers, G.I. Joe, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and game-writing, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, + Dead to Rights. Also Sagard the Barbarian & more! Tickets tinyurl.com/3a5hdpw4 #prge #prge2026
neutral · AI labelView post →takes three hours to beat but its peak
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BUTCHER GIVING BOY KISSES THAT’S THE GAME I LOVE #MysteryWrestling19 🤼
neutral · AI labelView post →It feels a lot like playing a DOOM game, so in many ways, it reminds me of what it would be like if id Software created a 2D side-scroller... which is amazing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Anyway, if you're looking for a horror recommendation list (a little late in October LMAO) here are some of my more obscure faves: Peeping Tom*; The Black Cat (34); Knife + Heart; Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker; Basket Case 2; Death Game; The Devil (72); Saignantes; Rituals; I Blame Society; Kotoko
neutral · AI labelView post →i might need to download the easy dlc
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If i am playing Billy and i hear "THE BUTCHER COMING NIGGA" please know the game is over, I am going to have to play the best game of my life
positive · AI labelView post →And the thing is, it was actually a killer debut; The Blade busting out of the ring with the mask on followed by The Butcher in a fucking monocle only to kick the shit out of Cody is like something out of a video game. Just be cool about it Cody!
neutral · AI labelView post →Darkest Dungeon II Teases The Butcher’s Asylum DLC Ahead of November Gameplay Reveal. Red Hook Studios has dropped a teaser for The Butcher's Asylum (the upcoming DLC for Darkest Dungeon II), and a full reveal is due at WePlay Expo in Shanghai
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s Black Video Game Character: Butcher Brown (Ready 2 Rumble)
neutral · AI labelView post →not enough ammo. 86% of players stop playing at the the second mission, military base.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's challenging Its fun and Its better than the switch version But it's very short, I managed to complete it in about 1HR 30M over the span of 2 days (90% of playtime Day 1) (10% of playtime Day 2)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Butcher is just hellishly fun! Anyone who wants to slip into the role of a misanthropic, merciless cyborg won’t go wrong with this game! The pixel style fits perfectly, the soundtrack is nicely dark, the controls are intuitive, and the sound effects really hit hard - in the truest sense of the word! I’m playing it on Steam Deck OLED at 800p / 60Hz. In my opinion, games like this need to be played on a small screen. It’s practically made for the Deck. When you start the game for the first…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basically Doom Side Scroller. What is not to like.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's easy to tell when a game is difficult just because it's poorly made. The people responsible for this game's final boss deserve to get slapped so hard it makes them cry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Las Vegas High School Wildcats hosted the Kingman High Bulldogs on Oct 11, 1930. This was the first game played on the new field in Las Vegas, later named after Coach Butcher. Photo of Eather Leavitt from that day. tinyurl.com/yc2k7465 Las Vegas Age article, same day.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world after a great war. Players don't take on the role of a hero trying to save humanity, but rather a cyborg on the side of the machine, determined to destroy it. Despite its release in 2016, the game perfectly captures the atmosphere of '90s games. I played on the hard difficulty setting and at times felt like giving up, but I persevered and don't regret it. Because the base game doesn't have an easy difficulty setting, you can feel the difficulty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't gotten to far into the game yet but what I've played so far is just nothing but action, no breaks, all action, and its brutal yet fair. honestly most fun game I've played in about 3 months.
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