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GUILTY GEAR

Arc System Works · 2019-05-15

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Action

Franchise: Guilty Gear · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 16, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jun 28, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 2000 (PlayStation), May 31, 2007 (PlayStation 3), May 31, 2007 (PlayStation Portable)

The origin of the series, the abnormality of the fighting game genre, now returns... HEAVEN or HELL？LET'S Rock！

GUILTY GEAR is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 756 reviews).

5
playing now
79%
positive of 756 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (16 downloads)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (408 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Guilty Gear is a 1998 fighting game developed and published by Arc System Works for the PlayStation. It is the first installment in the Guilty Gear series. Set in a world destroyed by a war between humans and bio-organic weapons called Gears, it follows ten fighters as they enter a tournament held to prevent the resurrection of the Gears' leader. Its gameplay consists of one-on-one fights, a four-button attack configuration featuring special moves and instant kill techniques, as well as three different playable modes.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 756 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.70 at GreenManGaming (2020-12-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 36 of 49 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620192026Week of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
140May 2019Jul 2026May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 11Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2021 — avg 14 · peak 51Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992019-05-162026-08-172019-05-16 — best price $9.992019-11-13 — best price $9.992020-03-11 — best price $6.792020-06-03 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-08-02 — best price $8.992020-09-07 — best price $9.992020-10-03 — best price $9.992020-10-25 — best price $8.992020-11-23 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-01-29 — best price $8.382021-03-02 — best price $8.382021-04-09 — best price $9.992021-05-06 — best price $9.992021-06-25 — best price $7.342021-11-01 — best price $3.992022-01-24 — best price $4.002022-05-26 — best price $8.382022-09-20 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-15 — best price $9.992023-07-14 — best price $7.342023-10-03 — best price $7.342023-12-27 — best price $2.692024-02-11 — best price $2.302024-05-30 — best price $7.892024-07-31 — best price $9.992024-10-25 — best price $3.202025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-04-06 — best price $7.892025-07-03 — best price $2.792025-11-25 — best price $3.192026-02-18 — best price $7.192026-05-27 — best price $5.992026-08-17 — best price $7.48
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

157532026-06-01 — 70 pageviews2026-06-05 — 101 pageviews2026-06-09 — 81 pageviews2026-06-13 — 85 pageviews2026-06-17 — 55 pageviews2026-06-21 — 73 pageviews2026-06-25 — 110 pageviews2026-06-29 — 135 pageviews2026-07-03 — 120 pageviews2026-07-07 — 110 pageviews2026-07-11 — 98 pageviews2026-07-15 — 94 pageviews2026-07-19 — 89 pageviews2026-07-23 — 97 pageviews2026-07-27 — 126 pageviews2026-07-31 — 92 pageviews2026-08-04 — 93 pageviews2026-08-08 — 133 pageviews2026-08-12 — 96 pageviews2026-08-16 — 113 pageviews2026-08-20 — 130 pageviews2026-08-24 — 97 pageviews2026-08-28 — 89 pageviews2026-09-01 — 75 pageviews2026-09-05 — 76 pageviews2026-09-09 — 82 pageviews2026-09-13 — 157 pageviews2026-09-17 — 55 pageviews2026-09-21 — 74 pageviews2026-09-25 — 53 pageviews2026-09-29 — 79 pageviews2026-10-03 — 82 pageviews2026-10-07 — 76 pageviews2026-10-11 — 81 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
22.6%
earned "The Lone Gear"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)74924%13
PS4 (PlayStation)26736%13
PS4 (PlayStation)24634%13
PS4 (PlayStation)23652%13
Switch (Nintendo)740%0
Switch (Nintendo)420%0

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

Player tags

AnimeRetroActionArcadeClassicFightinge-sports2D FighterControllerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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