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Stranded on an alien world, a lone potato dodges enemy hordes and builds a loadout of up to six weapons to survive.
Released 23 Jun 2023
Wield Six Weapons
Dodge Alien Waves
Shop Between Waves
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Developed by Blobfish · Published by Blobfish








After a spaceship from Potato World crashes on an alien planet, Brotato is its sole survivor and must hold out until help arrives. You control the potato in a top-down arena as waves of aliens close in.
Survive 20 waves, each lasting 20 to 90 seconds, while moving to avoid enemies and collecting materials. Weapons fire automatically by default, with a manual-aim option; materials provide experience and can be spent in the shop between waves.
Choose from many characters with different traits, equip up to six weapons, and combine weapons, items, and stat upgrades to shape each run. Runs are designed to take under 30 minutes, and the game includes local co-op for up to four players and options to adjust enemy health, damage, and speed.
Reviewers often praise the distinct characters and range of weapon and item combinations, which give runs replay value. Short waves, between-wave shop choices, and the quick restart loop are also recurring draws, as are relaxed pick-up play and local co-op. Some reviews, especially those discussing Nightmare content, criticize its steep difficulty and dense projectile patterns; others mention the lack of online co-op and repetitive completion goals.

A spaceship from Potato World crashes onto an alien planet. The sole survivor: Brotato, the only potato capable of handling 6 weapons at the same time. Waiting to be rescued by his mates, Brotato must survive in this hostile environment.
Auto-firing weapons by default with a manual aiming option
Fast runs (under 30 minutes)
Dozens of characters available to customize your runs (one-handed, crazy, lucky, mage and many more)
Hundreds of items and weapons to choose from (flamethrowers, SMGs, rocket launchers or sticks and stones)
Local Co-Op for up to 4 players
Survive waves lasting 20 to 90 seconds each and kill off as many aliens as you can during that time
Collect materials to gain experience and get items from the shop between waves of enemies
Accessibility options: tweak the health, damage and speed of enemies so the difficulty is right for you
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 179 |
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| Players | 1–4 |
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| Multiplayer | Brotato supports single-player and local co-op. The store description states local co-op for up to 4 players, and Steam features list shared/split screen co-op plus Remote Play Together. The provided information does not show native online multiplayer; reviews repeatedly describe co-op as local or via Steam Remote Play. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Steam Workshop support is listed, but the provided information does not state any multiplayer-specific mod support or behavior. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |