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Armed to the Gears cover art

Armed to the Gears

WS Software · 2020-04-08

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 25, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!

Armed to the Gears is an Action, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 215 reviews).

0
playing now
63%
positive of 215 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 215 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-11-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020182026Week of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.992018-03-192026-03-262018-03-19 — best price $3.592018-07-05 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-06-08 — best price $2.992019-11-20 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-04-08 — best price $5.392020-10-29 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-06-07 — best price $3.592021-07-26 — best price $3.592021-10-28 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $10.792022-01-06 — best price $2.992022-03-07 — best price $2.992022-06-13 — best price $2.992022-07-18 — best price $2.992022-10-31 — best price $2.992022-12-05 — best price $2.992023-02-13 — best price $2.992023-03-27 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-04-08 — best price $2.992024-07-01 — best price $2.992024-09-23 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.242026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
57%
earned "Trained Pilot"
12.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3436%15
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSMechsActionRobotsSci-fiShooterTop-DownCyberpunkIsometricDystopian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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