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Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors

Coby Dox · GoonCorp Inc. · 2023-10-23

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Follow Chud on his fight against Dr Soystein's 'jak army in this spine-tingling survival shooter. NOW FEATURING BADLANDSCHUGS

Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors is a 2023 Action, Casual, Indie and Strategy game priced at $3.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1243 reviews).

3
playing now
94%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 481 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,243 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.35 at Steam (2025-07-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12112120232026Week of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
201Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 4Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Jan 2026 — avg 20 · peak 65Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 15Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$2.352023-10-232026-01-052023-10-23 — best price $3.992024-03-11 — best price $3.192024-03-18 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $2.792024-07-11 — best price $3.992025-02-24 — best price $2.792025-03-03 — best price $3.992025-07-02 — best price $2.352025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.352025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $2.352026-01-05 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
83.1%
earned "Tutorial Cleared"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4384%40

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

Player tags

2DActionHorrorCartoonScienceShooterAbstractStrategyStylizedSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.