Brutal Legend overview

Overview

Brutal Legend comes from Double Fine Productions and is published by Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios. It arrived on Steam on Feb 26, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, and Steam Cloud. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Brutal Legend's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 39 players at 10 September 2026 - 23:57:52 UTC, with a tracked peak near 7,129. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 20,098 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Brutal Legend is available in 5 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Brutal Legend has sold up to 2,000,000 units and has 11,349 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $16,900,000. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 5 total watchers.

Brutal Legend overview details

Brutal Legend combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes. Featuring the talents of comedian, actor and musician, Jack Black as super roadie Eddie Riggs, as well as cameos by some of the biggest names in metal music it's a wild ride in the belly of the beast that is not to be missed by gamers and Metalheads alike. Included as a free bonus in the PC version of Brütal Legend are both the Hammer of Infinite Fate and Tears of the Hextadon multiplayer map packs. Story The vivid and wildly creative world of Brütal Legend is brought to life through a spate of chrome, leather, rocker babes, epic music, fire-breathing/stud-wearing beasts, mountains made of guitar amps, and more. Follow Eddie as he embarks on a tour of epic destruction with an axe, a guitar, and his minions as he commands the power of rock in epic band battles. It’s lighter-flicking awesomeness that will melt your face clean off. Combat Brütal Legend’s combat is a combination of classic action slasher and real time strategy mechanics. Melee and ranged combat come from your double-sided broadaxe and demon-slaying, pyrotechnic-creating guitar. Add that 1-2 punch to a guitar solo mechanic that can summon objects, buff your teammates, or cripple your opponents, and you have a deep, gratifying core gameplay combat loop that is fun for the hardcore and acce…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Brutal Legend is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 39 players at 10 September 2026 - 23:57:52 UTC, a tracked peak of 7,129, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionComedyAdventureGreat SoundtrackOpen WorldMusicHack and SlashStrategyThird PersonFunnyRTSFantasySingleplayerGothicAction-Adventure

Content descriptors

Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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