Action · July 29, 2021
Paint the Town Red (2021)
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods and featuring a massive Rogue-Lite adventure. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down. In the Scenario levels you'll need to use your wits, speed and anything you can get your hands on in epic bar fights, disco brawls, old west saloon rumbles and more. In the epic rogue-lite Beneath you'll have to delve deep underground battling terrifying monsters and unlocking powerful upgrades in a battle against ancient evils. Our amazing community has used the in-game Level Editor and Custom Texture and Music options to add thousands of amazing new levels to the game on the Steam workshop. Create your own massive brawls, horrific adventures, ingenious puzzle levels and more with the intuitive editor. Features Demolish completely destructible voxel-based enemies Dive into action-packed scenarios including a Biker Bar, Disco, Prison, Pirate Cove and Western Saloon each filled with unique enemies and weapons Face the ultimate challenge in Beneath, a massive roguelike campaign filled with deadly creatures, secrets, and bosses. Choose from a variety of classes with unique stats and abilities and upgrade them to become unstoppable Join the fray in the Arena mode with multiple challenges and survive as long as possible in the Endless Mode Fight alongside friends in online co-op multiplayer for almost every mode in the game Design new stages in the Level Editor with Steam Workshop support and hundreds of user-created levels to choose from, with support for custom music and character textures Crush records and claim glory on leaderboards Test features, weapons, and mechanics in a sandbox level Stab, shoot, and eviscerate foes with a vast array of period-appropriate weaponry Defeat boss enemies with unique challenges and rewards Enjoy full controller support, made for brawlers who prefer controllers to keyboards Upcoming Features We've now added all the planned features for the game and are working on bug fixes, performance, polish and extra community inspired content for the Level Editor and Scenario modifiers.
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Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 29.6k Steam reviews | Top 18% in Action |
| Positive rating | 96% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9% |
| Concurrent peak | 296 players | Top 20% in Action by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 19 h average | Top 26% for session depth among Action |
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Gore · 561
- Blood · 465
- Action · 457
- Violent · 447
- Multiplayer · 418
- Fighting · 417
- First-Person · 371
- Physics · 344
- Rogue-like · 321
- Beat 'em up · 312
- Funny · 310
- Voxel · 305
- Rogue-lite · 285
- Singleplayer · 271
- FPS · 264
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Arabic
- Bulgarian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Finnish
- Greek
Full audio (2)
- English
- Ukrainian
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
- VR Supported
Other
- Single-player
Reception Metrics
Steam community
96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 29.6k reviews
28.4k positive · 1.2k negative
Curator recommendations
27.8k
Peak concurrent players
296
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
19h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
7h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
3h
Current engagement
Achievements
30
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jul 29, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Developer | South East Games |
| Base price | $9.99 -50% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 2 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Content Notes
Paint the Town Red features depictions of cartoonishly over-the-top, stylised blood and gore when fighting the voxel-based enemies..
Editions & Packages
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