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DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder cover art

DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder

Caravel Games · 2016-09-23

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2016 (Linux), Sep 23, 2016 (Mac), Sep 23, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

DROD is a unique puzzle-logic game with clever mechanics and an engaging story. It is a turn-based top-down 2-D dungeon puzzler. The game play has amazing depth through emergent behaviors as puzzle elements are combined. There is a simple interface and only a handful of commands to master.

DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder is an Adventure Indie Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 200 reviews).

3
playing now
94%
positive of 200 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 200 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at ShinyLoot (2013-11-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 49 of 54 observed days · $3.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2016 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2017 — avg 5 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 13Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2018 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $9.952015-12-04 — best price $19.952016-11-07 — best price $5.392017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $2.492019-01-24 — best price $5.992019-10-28 — best price $4.992020-01-09 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $5.992024-01-11 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-05-01 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $4.992026-09-02 — best price $4.992026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-09-12 — best price $4.992026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $4.992026-10-07 — best price $4.992026-10-12 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
44.3%
earned "First Blood"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing13 DLC

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2016-09-23, latest 2022-12-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4994%300

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndiePuzzleStrategyAdventureDifficultTurn-BasedExplorationLevel Editor

Census log

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

Recent updates

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