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Gorilla Tag cover art

Gorilla Tag

Another Axiom Inc. · 2023-01-01

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasual

Modes: Multiplayer

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.

1,056
playing now
91%
positive of 86k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
twitch viewers (latest)
62/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
277431h
to beat · rushed 998h · completionist 20630h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,056 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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
  • · 1,056 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,758 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,220/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,710 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 85,561 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

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: 624 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.9k3792026-08-06 21:00 — 1,155 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 560 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 679 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,155 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 644 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 720 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,201 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 681 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 691 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,211 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 551 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 753 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,114 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 512 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 797 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,058 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 478 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 630 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,210 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 570 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 414 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 972 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 867 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 497 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 907 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 710 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 379 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 832 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,056 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

373872026-05-31 — 184 pageviews2026-06-03 — 190 pageviews2026-06-06 — 181 pageviews2026-06-09 — 181 pageviews2026-06-12 — 185 pageviews2026-06-15 — 160 pageviews2026-06-18 — 130 pageviews2026-06-21 — 373 pageviews2026-06-24 — 164 pageviews2026-06-27 — 147 pageviews2026-06-30 — 182 pageviews2026-07-03 — 162 pageviews2026-07-06 — 169 pageviews2026-07-09 — 115 pageviews2026-07-12 — 129 pageviews2026-07-15 — 121 pageviews2026-07-18 — 127 pageviews2026-07-21 — 129 pageviews2026-07-24 — 113 pageviews2026-07-27 — 155 pageviews2026-07-30 — 149 pageviews2026-08-02 — 131 pageviews2026-08-05 — 121 pageviews2026-08-08 — 123 pageviews2026-08-11 — 109 pageviews2026-08-14 — 110 pageviews2026-08-17 — 206 pageviews2026-08-20 — 134 pageviews2026-08-23 — 120 pageviews2026-08-26 — 118 pageviews2026-08-28 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2802026-08-28 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 9 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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