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GUILTY GEAR

Arc System Works · 2019-05-15

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Franchise: Guilty Gear · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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！

0
playing now
79%
positive of 750 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 750 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.48-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 37 of 50 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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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