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GIGANTIC ARMY cover art

GIGANTIC ARMY

ASTRO PORT · Henteko Doujin · 2014-03-06

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 06, 2014 (Linux)

Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.

GIGANTIC ARMY is a 2014 Action and Indie game priced at $5.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 367 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
75%
positive of 367 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.2k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 367 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.03 at Humble Store (2015-09-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620142026Week of 2014-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.032015-01-012026-07-302015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-06-01 — best price $5.992015-09-09 — best price $2.032016-01-29 — best price $5.992016-05-10 — best price $2.992016-09-08 — best price $2.992016-11-25 — best price $2.992017-04-03 — best price $5.992017-09-11 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-05-24 — best price $5.992018-11-01 — best price $5.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-04-29 — best price $2.992019-07-11 — best price $3.002019-11-25 — best price $5.992020-02-22 — best price $5.992020-11-02 — best price $5.992021-02-09 — best price $5.992021-05-31 — best price $5.992021-11-16 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $5.992022-09-02 — best price $5.992023-01-18 — best price $2.992023-05-20 — best price $2.992023-11-06 — best price $2.992024-02-26 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-03-03 — best price $3.592025-08-02 — best price $2.992025-12-03 — best price $3.592026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-07-23 — best price $2.992026-07-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
64.8%
earned "Johnny Got His Manned Combat Robot"
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6870%44
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DIndieMechsRetroActionArcadeRobotsRunnerSci-fiShooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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