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Batsugun cover art

Batsugun

Bitwave Games · Clear River Games · 2024-02-01

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series with Batsugun including the lauded Special version! Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling genre-defining bullet-hell action. Now on PC with modern enhancements!

98%
positive of 123 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 12,170 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 123 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.79-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at GOG (2025-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 21 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020242026Week of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$3.992024-02-012026-08-252024-02-01 — best price $7.992024-03-20 — best price $7.192024-04-25 — best price $5.192024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-07-24 — best price $7.992024-09-25 — best price $5.992024-10-16 — best price $5.992024-11-03 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $5.592025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-02-21 — best price $5.592025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $5.192025-07-28 — best price $7.992025-09-08 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-25 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-01-19 — best price $4.792026-02-04 — best price $4.792026-03-15 — best price $7.992026-04-03 — best price $7.992026-04-20 — best price $7.992026-05-17 — best price $7.992026-06-03 — best price $4.792026-06-15 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-08-03 — best price $3.992026-08-16 — best price $7.992026-08-25 — best price $4.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
94.6%
earned "First Death"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCo-opRetro1990'sActionArcadeCombatControllerOld SchoolBullet Hell

Census log

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

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