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BRAIN / OUT

Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!

MMORPGPlatformerSurvival

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Would you recommend it?
Player score
8.2/10
15,226 reviews
Released
2017
Developer
Desertkun
Platforms
1 systems
Critics
Not scored
Steam Deck
playable
Download
0.24 GB
We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is BRAIN / OUT?

Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released23 February 2017
DeveloperDesertkun
PublisherDesertkun
PlatformsPC
GenresMMORPG, Platformer, Survival
Languages15 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata , seeded TBA. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was BRAIN / OUT received?

Players82%positive of 15,226 · Very Positive
Achievements85on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

1 declared features

Seeing

None declared

Hearing

None declared

Input

  • Partial Controller Support

Difficulty

None declared

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
CapabilitySupport
Controllerpartial support
Cloud savesNo
Cross-platform playYes
Mod supportNo official workshop
Online playYes
In-game purchasesYes
Steam Deckplayable
Download size0.24 GB
Add-on contentNone listed
Age gateNone

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

Free

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Is BRAIN / OUT worth it?

82% of 15,226 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. It is free to play. About 9 people were playing at once when we last checked, so it is still active.

That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. We have not published our own review of this game.

Where BRAIN / OUT sits on the grid

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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Is BRAIN / OUT still active? Players right now

9concurrent playerssnapshot, 19 October 2026
11%busier than this shareof the 1,496 games we track
15,361Steam reviews writtenevery one an owner

BRAIN / OUT has a small, niche following: 9 people were playing at once when we last read Steam on 19 October 2026. This is a snapshot, not a live counter, and it is a recent concurrent reading rather than an all-time record. For what is trending across the catalogue right now, see the pulse.

How many people own BRAIN / OUT

1.0M–2.0MEstimated owners on Steama band, not a figure · SteamSpy
15,361Reviews writtena floor: every one owns it
9Playing at peak, recentlyconcurrent players

This is an estimate, not a sales figure, and the two are not interchangeable. SteamSpy samples public profiles and publishes a range; the range here spans a factor of 2.0, and that width is the honest part of it. We show both ends rather than a midpoint, because a midpoint would look like a measurement.

Steam only. Console and storefront sales are not counted, so a game that sold heavily elsewhere reads low here. Read on 19 October 2026. Where a publisher has announced a real unit figure, that appears separately and carries its source.

BRAIN / OUT price & deals: is it on sale?

We have one reading so far: Free on 30 August 2026. Prices are checked daily from here, and this becomes a chart once there is more than one point to join. A single observation is a price, not a history.

What readers say about BRAIN / OUT

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Common questions about BRAIN / OUT

What platforms is BRAIN / OUT on?

BRAIN / OUT is available on PC. It first released in 2017.

Is BRAIN / OUT free?

Yes. BRAIN / OUT is free to download on Steam. It carries in-game purchases.

Do players recommend BRAIN / OUT?

82% of 15,226 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

Does BRAIN / OUT work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates BRAIN / OUT as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

How big is the BRAIN / OUT download?

0.24 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.

Who made BRAIN / OUT?

BRAIN / OUT was developed by Desertkun and published by Desertkun.

Is BRAIN / OUT worth it in 2026?

82% of 15,226 Steam reviews are positive (Very Positive), and it is free to play. That is the strongest signal we hold; "worth it" depends on the price you pay and what you want, so weigh the sentiment against the current price above.

Is BRAIN / OUT dead?

No. About 9 people were in-game at once when we last read Steam's concurrent-player figure. Peak activity is higher; this is a recent snapshot, not the all-time peak.