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Bullshot cover art

Bullshot

GATO STUDIO · 2016-11-22

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 22, 2016 (Mac), Nov 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2016 (Linux)

Help Frank F. Franky fight the evil cardesians, zombies & robots while setting your arrested friends free. Bullshot is a run 'n gun game that tries to recover the essence of the 90s classics, such as Abuse, Contra or the Metal Slug sagas.

Bullshot is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 282 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 282 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$0.99
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.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (53 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 282 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.29 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920162026Week of 2016-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
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 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 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

$4.99$0.292016-04-072023-07-242016-04-07 — best price $0.892016-06-23 — best price $1.392016-09-01 — best price $0.992016-11-22 — best price $4.492017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-05-08 — best price $3.742017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-10-23 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-01-29 — best price $1.992018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-04-16 — best price $0.992018-07-16 — best price $0.742018-10-01 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.542019-01-14 — best price $0.992019-03-11 — best price $0.542019-06-10 — best price $0.992019-08-01 — best price $4.992020-05-12 — best price $3.662020-11-25 — best price $0.792021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.542023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-07-17 — best price $0.292023-07-24 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
9.2%
earned "Raging Bull"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud

25 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Danish, Finnish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8362%42

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieRetroSpaceActionArcadeComedyZombiesDifficultDark Humor

Census log

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

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