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GORN

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2019-07-18

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 18, 2019 (SteamVR), Jan 28, 2021 (Oculus Quest), Aug 24, 2018 (Oculus Rift), May 19, 2020 (PlayStation 4), May 19, 2020 (PlayStation VR)

GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.

11
playing now
94%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Gorn is a 2019 virtual reality hack and slash video game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The player is a gladiator who fights opponents to death in arena using weapons at their disposal. The game was launched in early access in 2016, and had a full release on July 18, 2019 for Microsoft Windows. A PlayStation VR version released in 2020 and an Oculus Quest port followed in 2021. An updated version for the PlayStation VR2 was released March 16, 2023. A sequel titled Gorn 2 was released on April 17, 2025.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 85 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (360 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 206k–494k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,226 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.72 at 2game (2025-11-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 24 of 49 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35335320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2312026-08-06 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.122017-07-102026-08-132017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-11-20 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $14.992018-06-11 — best price $19.992018-11-15 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $14.992019-11-12 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-04-16 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-05-14 — best price $12.992021-08-20 — best price $12.992021-12-22 — best price $12.992022-05-05 — best price $12.992022-08-01 — best price $12.992022-12-12 — best price $12.992023-04-14 — best price $12.992023-07-28 — best price $19.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992024-05-16 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $9.992025-01-05 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $9.992025-04-19 — best price $10.002025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-09-01 — best price $19.992025-10-13 — best price $7.992025-12-12 — best price $17.792026-02-17 — best price $7.122026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3682026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-05 — 22 pageviews2026-06-08 — 23 pageviews2026-06-11 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 30 pageviews2026-06-17 — 27 pageviews2026-06-20 — 19 pageviews2026-06-23 — 28 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 21 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-05 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-17 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-29 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 23 pageviews2026-08-04 — 22 pageviews2026-08-07 — 22 pageviews2026-08-10 — 21 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 21 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteamVR CollectiblesFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,4600%12
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,4570%12
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)9911%12

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

Player tags

VRGoreBloodFunnyIndieActionViolentFightingMedievalSwordplay

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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