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GROSS cover art

GROSS

hangry owl games · 2023-01-11

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

GROSS is a unique twist on the classic tower defense genre. After building your defenses, you will jump into the action to take on enemies head-on. Make sure to collect as much cash as possible to upgrade your defenses and stay ahead of the game. Can you outlast the waves of enemies?

79%
positive of 310 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

In a world where greed has been weaponized and turned into a disease, your escape turns into a road trippy quest for the cure.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 15,756 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 310 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.29 at Steam (2026-07-31) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120232026Week of 2023-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

46
achievements tracked
88.9%
earned "The one who got away"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4331%46

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

Player tags

3DFPSPvEGoreFunnyActionShooterZombiesStrategyStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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