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Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition cover art

Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition

Arrowhead Game Studios · WB Games · 2014-09-23

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 12, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Aug 11, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The classic Gauntlet 4-player co-op action gameplay returns in a completely new experience! Battle the endless hordes of foes as you and your friends fight for treasure and glory via both local and online co-op multiplayer. Invade the Darkness!

Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition is an Action, Adventure, and RPG game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 10280 reviews).

21
playing now
82%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Gauntlet is a hack and slash dungeon crawl video game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. A reboot of the Gauntlet series, it was released for Microsoft Windows in September 2014. Gauntlet was re-released for both Windows and PlayStation 4 as Gauntlet: Slayer Edition in August 2015.

Trailer

Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition trailer thumbnail

Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition - Trailer

≈2,996 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 161 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 258k–619k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,309 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at WinGameStore (2024-11-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 85 of 125 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7152026-09-15 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 26 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 40 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 42 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 41 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 29 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 32 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 29 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 71 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 56 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.1k28Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 4,147 · peak 12,669Jan 2015 — avg 332 · peak 1,147May 2015 — avg 98 · peak 230Sep 2015 — avg 451 · peak 2,903Jan 2016 — avg 186 · peak 593May 2016 — avg 95 · peak 255Sep 2016 — avg 153 · peak 713Jan 2017 — avg 130 · peak 404May 2017 — avg 175 · peak 880Sep 2017 — avg 82 · peak 611Jan 2018 — avg 97 · peak 297May 2018 — avg 60 · peak 140Sep 2018 — avg 71 · peak 479Jan 2019 — avg 73 · peak 211May 2019 — avg 50 · peak 126Sep 2019 — avg 59 · peak 220Jan 2020 — avg 64 · peak 199May 2020 — avg 62 · peak 136Sep 2020 — avg 87 · peak 448Jan 2021 — avg 74 · peak 224May 2021 — avg 48 · peak 125Sep 2021 — avg 42 · peak 132Jan 2022 — avg 73 · peak 201May 2022 — avg 47 · peak 101Sep 2022 — avg 48 · peak 197Jan 2023 — avg 61 · peak 180May 2023 — avg 36 · peak 85Sep 2023 — avg 29 · peak 67Jan 2024 — avg 48 · peak 124May 2024 — avg 31 · peak 72Sep 2024 — avg 30 · peak 77Jan 2025 — avg 50 · peak 148May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 78Sep 2025 — avg 30 · peak 75Jan 2026 — avg 49 · peak 182May 2026 — avg 28 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 91
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $11.992015-07-02 — best price $11.752015-11-30 — best price $4.992016-04-29 — best price $19.992016-11-12 — best price $4.992017-03-13 — best price $5.002017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-12-16 — best price $4.992018-01-31 — best price $19.992018-05-14 — best price $4.992018-09-13 — best price $19.992018-12-13 — best price $4.992019-03-14 — best price $5.002019-07-26 — best price $4.992019-11-02 — best price $19.992020-01-05 — best price $19.992020-05-11 — best price $19.992020-10-30 — best price $19.992021-04-03 — best price $19.992021-09-22 — best price $5.002021-12-24 — best price $4.992022-04-08 — best price $4.992022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-03-06 — best price $4.192023-07-04 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-11-28 — best price $2.002025-05-01 — best price $15.952025-10-19 — best price $17.882026-02-04 — best price $19.992026-05-26 — best price $16.022026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

119542026-05-29 — 61 pageviews2026-06-02 — 76 pageviews2026-06-06 — 65 pageviews2026-06-10 — 78 pageviews2026-06-14 — 78 pageviews2026-06-18 — 84 pageviews2026-06-22 — 78 pageviews2026-06-26 — 70 pageviews2026-06-30 — 82 pageviews2026-07-04 — 79 pageviews2026-07-08 — 66 pageviews2026-07-12 — 87 pageviews2026-07-16 — 85 pageviews2026-07-20 — 76 pageviews2026-07-24 — 56 pageviews2026-07-28 — 74 pageviews2026-08-01 — 65 pageviews2026-08-05 — 72 pageviews2026-08-09 — 92 pageviews2026-08-13 — 87 pageviews2026-08-17 — 94 pageviews2026-08-21 — 109 pageviews2026-08-25 — 84 pageviews2026-08-29 — 88 pageviews2026-09-02 — 63 pageviews2026-09-06 — 77 pageviews2026-09-10 — 77 pageviews2026-09-14 — 65 pageviews2026-09-18 — 54 pageviews2026-09-22 — 79 pageviews2026-09-26 — 81 pageviews2026-09-30 — 66 pageviews2026-10-04 — 75 pageviews2026-10-07 — 100 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "Explosive Exit"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-12-10 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionArcadeRemakeFantasyTop-DownAdventureLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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