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Gremlins, Inc.

Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment · Small Fish Big Dreams · 2016-03-10

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 11, 2016 (Mac), Mar 11, 2016 (Linux), Mar 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.

70
playing now
85%
positive of 8.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Gremlins, Inc. is a digital turn-based strategy board game developed by Lithuanian indie game studio Charlie Oscar, set in the steampunk world of gremlins, initially released on Steam Early Access on October 22, 2015 for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. The game transitioned into full release on Steam on March 11, 2016. The game is designed by Alexey Bokulev, who previously designed another turn-based strategy video game, Eador: Genesis, and is produced by Sergei Klimov.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 70 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 165 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 216k–519k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,654 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2018-10-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22522520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

249422026-08-06 22:00 — 63 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 216 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 207 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 99 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 118 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 247 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 249 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 58 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 85 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 197 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 44 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 204 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 141 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 96 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 71 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 152 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 130 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 93 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 182 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 70 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742015-10-222026-08-242015-10-22 — best price $9.992016-05-26 — best price $11.992016-11-23 — best price $8.992017-03-31 — best price $14.992017-08-28 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-08-06 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-03-13 — best price $14.992019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-12-02 — best price $5.992020-01-16 — best price $5.992020-05-07 — best price $7.492020-10-29 — best price $5.242021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-05-25 — best price $14.992021-10-04 — best price $14.992021-12-10 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-02-29 — best price $3.992024-08-19 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-06-09 — best price $3.992025-11-03 — best price $3.992026-04-06 — best price $3.992026-08-24 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1902026-05-29 — 0 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 2 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-15 — 0 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
60.1%
earned "Governor"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop8 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,9860%100

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

Player tags

2DSatireModdablePoliticsStrategyTabletopCard GameBoard GameTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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