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Gorky 17 cover art

Gorky 17

Metropolis Software · TopWare Interactive · 2013-09-27

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 2002 (Mac), 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 15, 2006 (Linux)

November 2008. NATO intelligence services report that, for reasons unknown, the Russian military has destroyed GORKY 17, one of the old Soviet "Secret Cities". A year later NATO takes over a former Russian secret base built on Polish soil. Diggers discover a laboratory complex in the completely demolished town.

Gorky 17 is a 2013 RPG and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (81% of 2177 reviews).

3
playing now
81%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (65 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Gorky 17 is a turn-based tactics tactical role-playing video game developed by Polish studio Metropolis Software and published by Monolith Productions for Microsoft Windows in 1999. The game was later ported to Linux by Hyperion Entertainment and published by Linux Game Publishing in 2006. The AmigaOS 4 version was released in 2015.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 87k–175k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,185 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.43 at GameBillet (2022-12-21) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 131 of 152 observed days · $3.56 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2741Sep 2013Jul 2026Sep 2013 — avg 19 · peak 63Jan 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2014 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2014 — avg 4 · peak 25Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2015 — avg 2 · peak 16Sep 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2016 — avg 5 · peak 27May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 18Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 18Jan 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2018 — avg 141 · peak 917May 2018 — avg 21 · peak 782Sep 2018 — avg 67 · peak 1,966Jan 2019 — avg 25 · peak 455May 2019 — avg 108 · peak 2,916Sep 2019 — avg 54 · peak 3,725Jan 2020 — avg 46 · peak 3,952May 2020 — avg 46 · peak 2,253Sep 2020 — avg 55 · peak 1,440Jan 2021 — avg 86 · peak 1,943May 2021 — avg 47 · peak 732Sep 2021 — avg 91 · peak 2,383Jan 2022 — avg 109 · peak 1,406May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 52Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 60Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 130Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 147Apr 2026 — avg 18 · peak 334Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 412
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.432015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-05-23 — best price $5.502015-12-14 — best price $5.512016-12-08 — best price $2.392017-08-07 — best price $0.992018-01-10 — best price $4.992018-06-19 — best price $5.992018-12-03 — best price $4.992019-05-10 — best price $0.992019-10-23 — best price $4.992020-01-22 — best price $1.992020-06-15 — best price $5.992020-08-06 — best price $4.992020-09-25 — best price $4.392020-11-23 — best price $5.992021-01-21 — best price $4.992021-03-07 — best price $4.992021-04-22 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-11-11 — best price $0.502022-01-31 — best price $0.502022-06-06 — best price $1.792022-09-06 — best price $4.992022-12-10 — best price $3.662023-02-13 — best price $2.392023-06-04 — best price $3.892023-08-30 — best price $1.502023-12-05 — best price $4.392024-03-09 — best price $4.392024-06-08 — best price $4.112024-09-10 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-08-13 — best price $3.992025-12-08 — best price $4.122026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-06-14 — best price $4.132026-08-25 — best price $3.992026-09-25 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

199192026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-02 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 45 pageviews2026-06-18 — 33 pageviews2026-06-22 — 199 pageviews2026-06-26 — 31 pageviews2026-06-30 — 37 pageviews2026-07-04 — 85 pageviews2026-07-08 — 28 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 45 pageviews2026-07-20 — 37 pageviews2026-07-24 — 43 pageviews2026-07-28 — 42 pageviews2026-08-01 — 32 pageviews2026-08-05 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 35 pageviews2026-08-13 — 48 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 64 pageviews2026-08-25 — 52 pageviews2026-08-29 — 43 pageviews2026-09-02 — 49 pageviews2026-09-06 — 61 pageviews2026-09-10 — 33 pageviews2026-09-14 — 27 pageviews2026-09-18 — 42 pageviews2026-09-22 — 36 pageviews2026-09-26 — 46 pageviews2026-09-30 — 38 pageviews2026-10-04 — 34 pageviews2026-10-07 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-12-03 (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

RPGActionHorrorSci-fiClassicStrategyTacticalIsometricTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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