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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Gremlins, Inc. is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 8666 reviews).

117
playing now
85%
positive of 8.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

117 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Gremlins, Inc. trailer thumbnail

Gremlins, Inc. - official trailer - introducing the game [EN/DE/FR/RU/ES subs]

≈443,001 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 117 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 3% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 217k–521k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,681 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 13 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

318362026-09-15 12:00 — 178 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 67 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 54 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 161 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 111 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 63 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 100 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 124 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 70 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 102 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 104 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 36 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 98 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 236 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 89 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 127 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 294 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 63 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 72 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 279 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 107 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 52 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 117 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3067Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 7 · peak 31Feb 2016 — avg 23 · peak 66Jun 2016 — avg 81 · peak 272Oct 2016 — avg 74 · peak 206Feb 2017 — avg 117 · peak 325Jun 2017 — avg 136 · peak 510Oct 2017 — avg 156 · peak 603Feb 2018 — avg 121 · peak 411Jun 2018 — avg 108 · peak 400Oct 2018 — avg 302 · peak 1,683Feb 2019 — avg 122 · peak 359Jun 2019 — avg 99 · peak 346Oct 2019 — avg 98 · peak 512Feb 2020 — avg 306 · peak 1,138Jun 2020 — avg 134 · peak 426Oct 2020 — avg 146 · peak 517Feb 2021 — avg 161 · peak 535Jun 2021 — avg 119 · peak 438Oct 2021 — avg 139 · peak 531Feb 2022 — avg 178 · peak 630Jun 2022 — avg 140 · peak 480Oct 2022 — avg 147 · peak 617Feb 2023 — avg 131 · peak 431Jun 2023 — avg 110 · peak 407Oct 2023 — avg 109 · peak 459Feb 2024 — avg 138 · peak 382Jun 2024 — avg 124 · peak 429Oct 2024 — avg 132 · peak 520Feb 2025 — avg 185 · peak 561Jun 2025 — avg 165 · peak 543Oct 2025 — avg 128 · peak 366Feb 2026 — avg 180 · peak 835Jun 2026 — avg 103 · peak 306Aug 2026 — avg 113 · peak 400
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

1502026-05-29 — 0 pageviews2026-06-02 — 3 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 2 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 3 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-10-06 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 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…

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2016-04-21, latest 2020-10-21 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DSatireModdablePoliticsStrategyTabletopCard GameBoard GameTurn-BasedAtmospheric

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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