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Brutal Orchestra

Brutal Orchestra

Talia bob Mair, Nicolás Delgado · released Dec 16, 2021

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategyPC

Brutal Orchestra is a Turn-Based Roguelike Strategy Game. You died, someone killed you. You are in Purgatory and you will never escape. Make a deal with the "demon" Bosch and set off into Purgatory finding ​all manner of demented friends and foes on your quest to get petty revenge.

88
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Brutal Orchestra "True Zeal" Content Update Out Now!” (7mo ago)

87%
At launch
98%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
97%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews98%931000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)97%92175
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 92.3, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,096 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jan 23, 2026) · 175 reviews sampled · 165 total reviews in window · weighted 134.4 up / 4.8 down · computed 10h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Brutal Orchestra "True Zeal" Content Update Out Now!
    Jan 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Brutal Orchestra is 4 years old! + Content Update Coming Very Soon!
    Dec 16, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  3. Brutal Orchestra 1.4.1f1 Minor fixes
    Feb 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. Brutal Orchestra 1.4 "Human Canvas"
    Sep 13, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  5. Brutal Orchestra 1.3.4 "Bienvenidos al Infierno"
    Sep 27, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  6. Minor fixes
    Jun 9, 2023
  7. Brutal Orchestra 1.3.3 "Loud and Clear!"
    Jun 2, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  8. Brutal Orchestra Exquisite Corpse
    Oct 23, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  9. Brutal Orchestra 1.2.1 "Poached Eggs"
    May 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  10. Brutal Orchestra 1.2 "Egg of Incubus"
    May 2, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  11. Brutal Orchestra 1.03 "Show Stopper."
    Feb 5, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  12. Brutal Orchestra 1.02 "Who's Laughing Now?"
    Jan 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  13. Brutal Orchestra 1.01 "Walk and Talk."
    Dec 24, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  14. Small patch
    Dec 17, 2021