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Gorilla Tag cover art

Gorilla Tag

Another Axiom Inc. · 2023-01-01

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasual

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Feb 12, 2021 (SteamVR), Feb 12, 2021 (Meta Quest 2), Nov 07, 2024 (PlayStation VR2)

Run, jump, and climb using only your hands. Play tag or infection with people online. Run away from the infected players, or outmaneuver the survivors to catch them. Embrace your inner ape.

Gorilla Tag is an Action and Casual game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 85,855 reviews).

182
playing now
91%
positive of 86k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
33
Nexus mods (298k downloads)
3.01★
PlayStation Store rating (35,270 ratings)
277431h
to beat · rushed 998h · completionist 20630h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Gorilla Tag is a virtual reality social casual game developed and released by Another Axiom. The game involves controlling legless gorillas through hand movements to interact with others online casually or in matches with tag-like mechanics. Originally developed by Kerestell "Lemming" Smith, Gorilla Tag was made available in early access on SteamVR and Meta Quest in 2021. It was officially launched on Quest in December 2022, on Steam in January 2023, and on PlayStation VR2 in November 2024. The game was popularized through social media and, by June 2024, received 10 million total players and crossed $100 million in revenue.

Trailer

Gorilla Tag trailer thumbnail

Gorilla Tag Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 182 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,977 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~997/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.7M–3.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 86,451 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20212026Week of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 971 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,643 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,566 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,773 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,581 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,362 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,733 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,781 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,549 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,094 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,074 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,487 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,115 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,665 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,707 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,186 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,069 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 839 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,237 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,774 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,071 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 830 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k1822026-09-14 20:00 — 713 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 355 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 294 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 751 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 837 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 267 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 702 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 784 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 246 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,121 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,082 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 234 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 449 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 772 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 493 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 907 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 806 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 282 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 347 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 872 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 698 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 293 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 711 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 182 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k120Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 120 · peak 387Apr 2021 — avg 168 · peak 392Jun 2021 — avg 149 · peak 253Aug 2021 — avg 170 · peak 322Oct 2021 — avg 192 · peak 385Dec 2021 — avg 176 · peak 506Feb 2022 — avg 569 · peak 1,273Apr 2022 — avg 786 · peak 1,638Jun 2022 — avg 357 · peak 687Aug 2022 — avg 429 · peak 794Oct 2022 — avg 389 · peak 910Dec 2022 — avg 495 · peak 1,293Feb 2023 — avg 564 · peak 1,209Apr 2023 — avg 732 · peak 1,539Jun 2023 — avg 586 · peak 1,119Aug 2023 — avg 753 · peak 1,359Oct 2023 — avg 523 · peak 1,305Dec 2023 — avg 552 · peak 1,484Feb 2024 — avg 872 · peak 1,938Apr 2024 — avg 769 · peak 1,665Jun 2024 — avg 968 · peak 1,970Aug 2024 — avg 964 · peak 1,771Oct 2024 — avg 756 · peak 1,899Dec 2024 — avg 810 · peak 2,098Feb 2025 — avg 1,095 · peak 2,491Apr 2025 — avg 790 · peak 1,801Jun 2025 — avg 669 · peak 1,200Aug 2025 — avg 575 · peak 1,095Oct 2025 — avg 487 · peak 1,144Dec 2025 — avg 707 · peak 1,961Feb 2026 — avg 900 · peak 3,141Apr 2026 — avg 890 · peak 2,620Jun 2026 — avg 863 · peak 2,096Aug 2026 — avg 794 · peak 2,350
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1371372026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 137 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-22: 17 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 18 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 15 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 11 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 22 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 27 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 13 new positive2026-10-02: 17 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 28 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 29 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 10 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 14 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 20 new positive2026-10-12: 22 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 18 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 10 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-02-272025-09-232021-02-27 — best price $0.002022-12-09 — best price $19.992023-12-04 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $9.992025-09-23 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2181042026-05-31 — 184 pageviews2026-06-04 — 195 pageviews2026-06-08 — 200 pageviews2026-06-12 — 185 pageviews2026-06-16 — 178 pageviews2026-06-20 — 138 pageviews2026-06-24 — 164 pageviews2026-06-28 — 179 pageviews2026-07-02 — 136 pageviews2026-07-06 — 169 pageviews2026-07-10 — 159 pageviews2026-07-14 — 150 pageviews2026-07-18 — 127 pageviews2026-07-22 — 107 pageviews2026-07-26 — 126 pageviews2026-07-30 — 149 pageviews2026-08-03 — 129 pageviews2026-08-07 — 122 pageviews2026-08-11 — 109 pageviews2026-08-15 — 104 pageviews2026-08-19 — 152 pageviews2026-08-23 — 120 pageviews2026-08-27 — 115 pageviews2026-08-31 — 105 pageviews2026-09-04 — 184 pageviews2026-09-08 — 114 pageviews2026-09-12 — 158 pageviews2026-09-16 — 134 pageviews2026-09-20 — 194 pageviews2026-09-24 — 178 pageviews2026-09-28 — 203 pageviews2026-10-02 — 144 pageviews2026-10-06 — 165 pageviews2026-10-09 — 174 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

30702026-09-30 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 307 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyIn-App Purchases

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)7308%24

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

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Census log

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

Recent updates

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