No. Berzerk is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Berzerk on?

Berzerk is available on Arcade, Atari 2600, Vectrex, Atari 5200, Atari 7800.

When did Berzerk release?

Berzerk was first released on November 12, 1980.

Berzerk

Nov 12, 1980ShooterSimulatorArcadeAtari 2600VectrexAtari 5200 Atari 7800

Berzerk — frequently asked questions

Is Berzerk on Steam?: No. Berzerk is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Berzerk on?: Berzerk is available on Arcade, Atari 2600, Vectrex, Atari 5200, Atari 7800.
When did Berzerk release?: Berzerk was first released on November 12, 1980.

About Berzerk

Maneuver your humanoid through the electrified mazes of robot filled rooms. You many kill off the first group of robots but initial success does not mean survival...future groups begin firing at your! Added danger lurks when Evil Otto enters. He can jump the maze walls and squash you if you linger too long!

Summary via IGDB.

Berzerk on Wikipedia

Berzerk is a 1980 maze and shooter video game developed and published by Stern Electronics for arcades. The game involves a Humanoid Intruder who has to escape maze-like rooms that are littered with robots which slowly move toward and shoot at the Humanoid. The player can shoot at the robots to try to escape the room. Along with the robots, a smiley face known as Evil Otto appears to hunt down the player within each room.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Vectrex, Atari 5200, Atari 7800
Developer: Stern Electronics
Publisher: Stern Electronics
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

72/100

from 25 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Built by
Atari 2600	1982	$9	$15	$33	2 reviews	Atari (designed by Dan Hitchens)

Also released on: Arcade · Vectrex · Atari 5200 · Atari 7800. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

Complete

$15

Sealed

$33

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Tele-Games	$7	$63	—
Enhanced Edition	$15	$15	—

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Atari	Picture	CX2650	Common
North America Sears	Picture	49-15168	Scarce
Asia Atari	—	—	—

Also released in South America by Play Video, Polyvox.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1982
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1
Authenticity: Low

On Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration since Sep 26, 2024 — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

An award-winning 2600 conversion of the Stern arcade classic, common, cheap and on Atari 50.

Berzerk began as Stern Electronics' 1980 arcade maze shooter, in which you escape rooms full of robots while the smiley-faced Evil Otto hunts you. Atari released the 2600 conversion in August 1982, with Dan Hitchens credited as designer.

The 2600 version did well with critics: Electronic Games gave it a Certificate of Merit for Best Solitaire Videogame. It is on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

What the press said at the time

Electronic Fun with Computers & Games Vol. 1 No. 4	February 1983	4 joysticks
JoyStik Vol. 1 No. 3	January 1983	★★★★

“The joystick action is respon- sive, but slow. This is a built-in feature of the game and is not the fault of Atari's controllers.”
— JoyStik, December 1982

“Atari has done an effective job of satisfying the doubters in the audience by publishing a highly enjoyable version of Berzerk that packs all the spine-tingling action found in the Stern original. In fact, this is one of the best arcade-to-home translations any company has produced thus far.”
— Electronic Games, January 1983

“The rest of the game is outstandingly loyal to the arcade game in both graphics and play. … The changing mazes and the dodging and shooting all keep the interest level of this game very high”
— Electronic Fun with Computers & Games, February 1983

“Clever programming makes this an excellent home version of Stern's much-loved coin-op maze-shoot.”
— Electronic Games, December 1982

Electronic Fun rated games out of four joysticks. JoyStik’s capsule ratings run from one star to five.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

How the Atari 2600 version differs

Period magazines rated the 2600 cartridge a strong arcade conversion and praised its varied mazes, though designer Alan McNeil felt the home versions looked cruder and lacked the original's refinements.

Electronic Games had doubted the arcade game could be done well on the 2600 after the poorly received 2600 Pac-Man, then called the result one of the best arcade-to-home translations yet.

Also on other platforms

Arcade · Vectrex · Atari 5200 · Atari 7800

Atari 2600	Atari (designed by Dan Hitchens)
Arcade	Stern Electronics

Vectrex. TV Gamer found the Vectrex version translated surprisingly well, though Evil Otto did not look right in vector lines.
Atari 5200. Critic Michael Blanchet found the 5200 visuals simple but fitting, with the 5200 controller as the main drawback.

Worth knowing

An award for playing alone. Electronic Games gave the Atari 2600 version a Certificate of Merit for Best Solitaire Videogame.
How the flicker was hidden. Electronic Games explained in January 1983: "What the anonymous designer did was have one batch of robots freeze for an instant while another batch moves toward the on-screen hero with lethal intent. By flip-flopping movement very rapidly, it is possible to give the impression that everything on the screen is in constant motion."
Second Atari Force comic. Atari Age said the second bonus comic book would be "packaged with Atari's August release, Berzerk", after the first went into Defender.
1983 Arkie Award. Electronic Games gave Berzerk a Certificate of Merit for Best Solitaire Videogame in its 1983 Arkie Awards, calling it "this flicker-free maze shoot-out".

Before you buy

Low risk; this is a common cart. Three versions are priced. The standard Atari cart is the cheapest. The Sears Tele-Games cart is similar loose but costs much more boxed. A listing marked Enhanced Edition is priced as a separate item, so confirm exactly what is on the label before buying.