COMPOUND overview

Overview

COMPOUND comes from Bevan McKechnie and is published by notdead. It arrived on Steam on Jul 19, 2022, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

COMPOUND's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 3 players at 5 October 2026 - 08:49:32 UTC, with a tracked peak near 12. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 97% positive across 2,138 reviews.

Language and system requirements

COMPOUND is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

COMPOUND has sold up to 34,147 units and has 2,062 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $537,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

COMPOUND overview details

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

Steam Store description

Unsure? Download the free demo now! COMPOUND is a randomized, rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for Virtual Reality veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Prepare to die - a lot - until you are good enough to reach the heart of The Corporation and take back what belongs to everyone... What is this? The concept of COMPOUND started as an attempt to move away from the 'wave shooter' formula common in early indie VR titles and towards a fuller FPS experience, built from the ground up for room-scale Virtual Reality. The trade off is that this game may not be suited to players who are still coming to grips with VR. Who are the developers? Just me! This is a passion project; I've had great fun working full time on COMPOUND for the last 6 years. Can I help? Yes, please! As I mentioned, I am developing this game by myself. I need the feedback of the community to help me find bugs and balance gameplay. If you have any suggestions or find a bug that isn't in the list of known-bugs, please drop by the forums and let me know. Cool music! I know! But I can't take the credit for it; the music for COMPOUND was made by the handsome and talented SPEEDBLACK. You can even purchase the OST directly by searching for "compound speedblack" on bandcamp[/url] This game is too hard! Rogue-lite games are supposed to be hard! But don't give up - you'll get better with every (doomed) run. Eventually you'll master the game and its systems and feel like a pro. If you are still getting frustrated, try playing on easy mode, or head ove…

SteamPulse editorial summary

COMPOUND is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 3 players at 5 October 2026 - 08:49:32 UTC, a tracked peak of 12, and 97% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionRogue-liteVRIndieRetroShooterFPSPixel Graphics3DFirst-PersonAction RoguelikeEarly AccessRogue-like1980sProcedural Generation

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