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Guacamelee! Gold Edition cover art

Guacamelee! Gold Edition

Drinkbox Studios · 2013-08-08

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 18, 2014 (Linux), Feb 18, 2014 (Mac), Aug 08, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Guacamelee! Gold Edition is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 6008 reviews).

3
playing now
93%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
94/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

"Carlos Calaca has kidnapped El Presidente's Daughter, and he plans to sacrifice her in order to merge the World of the Living with the World of the Dead. Juan Aguacate, an agave farmer who stumbles upon a Legendary Luchador mask, must find the strength and courage to become the Hero he's always dreamed of being and put a stop to this. Not for you, not for Calaca, but for El Presidente's Daughter, the most beautiful girl in the entire world."(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Guacamelee! Gold Edition trailer thumbnail

Guacamelee! Gold Edition trailer

≈153,036 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 86% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,738 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 241k–481k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,016 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2018-03-30) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 61 of 83 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4233Aug 2013Aug 2026Aug 2013 — avg 135 · peak 501Dec 2013 — avg 155 · peak 1,469Apr 2014 — avg 157 · peak 469Aug 2014 — avg 94 · peak 195Dec 2014 — avg 44 · peak 93Apr 2015 — avg 25 · peak 61Aug 2015 — avg 22 · peak 55Dec 2015 — avg 40 · peak 109Apr 2016 — avg 31 · peak 121Aug 2016 — avg 19 · peak 86Dec 2016 — avg 19 · peak 64Apr 2017 — avg 19 · peak 42Aug 2017 — avg 17 · peak 53Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 42Apr 2018 — avg 54 · peak 202Aug 2018 — avg 20 · peak 81Dec 2018 — avg 22 · peak 112Apr 2019 — avg 11 · peak 24Aug 2019 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2019 — avg 12 · peak 40Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 35Aug 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2020 — avg 8 · peak 26Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 34Dec 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $14.992016-07-04 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-12-13 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-05-27 — best price $2.992020-07-25 — best price $14.992020-08-26 — best price $14.992020-09-25 — best price $14.992020-10-29 — best price $4.492020-11-26 — best price $11.012021-01-15 — best price $14.992021-02-12 — best price $11.012021-03-19 — best price $14.992021-04-23 — best price $14.992021-05-22 — best price $14.992021-07-02 — best price $13.492021-11-24 — best price $3.742022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $3.742022-10-27 — best price $5.242023-02-08 — best price $11.012023-08-15 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-03-13 — best price $3.742024-06-19 — best price $14.992024-09-17 — best price $13.492025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-06-13 — best price $14.992025-11-11 — best price $3.742026-04-09 — best price $3.752026-08-06 — best price $3.742026-09-07 — best price $3.752026-10-08 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
77.7%
earned "Why all the long faces?"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on Phone1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)28,6665%60

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

2DFunnyIndieMemesActionComedyColorfulFightingAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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