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GORN cover art

GORN

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2019-07-18

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

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.

GORN is an Action and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 8226 reviews).

4
playing now
94%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (25k downloads)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (2,861 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

GORN trailer thumbnail

Gorn | PSVR Launch Trailer | PSVR

≈292,503 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 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 5% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 206k–494k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,228 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 22 of 41 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

1612026-09-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2007Jul 2017Aug 2026Jul 2017 — avg 51 · peak 188Oct 2017 — avg 43 · peak 122Jan 2018 — avg 91 · peak 306Apr 2018 — avg 86 · peak 235Jul 2018 — avg 92 · peak 190Oct 2018 — avg 100 · peak 252Jan 2019 — avg 142 · peak 418Apr 2019 — avg 83 · peak 201Jul 2019 — avg 200 · peak 5,261Oct 2019 — avg 62 · peak 156Jan 2020 — avg 96 · peak 333Apr 2020 — avg 66 · peak 154Jul 2020 — avg 70 · peak 136Oct 2020 — avg 48 · peak 162Jan 2021 — avg 85 · peak 261Apr 2021 — avg 44 · peak 98Jul 2021 — avg 42 · peak 85Oct 2021 — avg 28 · peak 81Jan 2022 — avg 44 · peak 126Apr 2022 — avg 25 · peak 67Jul 2022 — avg 28 · peak 61Oct 2022 — avg 17 · peak 42Jan 2023 — avg 23 · peak 72Apr 2023 — avg 16 · peak 55Jul 2023 — avg 19 · peak 40Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2024 — avg 20 · peak 65Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 17 · peak 37Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Apr 2025 — avg 15 · peak 45Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.122017-07-102026-09-102017-07-10 — 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 $19.992026-09-09 — best price $7.992026-09-10 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8282026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 8 pageviews2026-06-07 — 19 pageviews2026-06-11 — 11 pageviews2026-06-15 — 16 pageviews2026-06-19 — 23 pageviews2026-06-23 — 28 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-05 — 16 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 24 pageviews2026-07-21 — 20 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-29 — 27 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 31 pageviews2026-08-10 — 21 pageviews2026-08-14 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-30 — 18 pageviews2026-09-03 — 19 pageviews2026-09-07 — 18 pageviews2026-09-11 — 18 pageviews2026-09-15 — 31 pageviews2026-09-19 — 27 pageviews2026-09-23 — 32 pageviews2026-09-27 — 69 pageviews2026-10-01 — 56 pageviews2026-10-05 — 47 pageviews2026-10-08 — 49 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.

Where its players are

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

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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