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Gunborg: Dark Matters

Ricpau Studios · 2022-03-03

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 04, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 04, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 04, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 04, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 04, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, twin-stick shooter with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.

95%
positive of 76 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 5h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 17,517 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2023-11-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 23 of 42 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420222026Week of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992022-12-222026-09-212022-12-22 — best price $6.992023-02-06 — best price $5.992023-03-06 — best price $3.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-04-24 — best price $3.992023-05-24 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $9.992023-08-08 — best price $9.992023-09-19 — best price $9.992023-11-13 — best price $9.992023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-01-20 — best price $9.992024-02-28 — best price $9.992024-04-19 — best price $9.992024-05-29 — best price $9.992024-08-02 — best price $2.992024-09-17 — best price $2.992024-11-13 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-03-14 — best price $9.992025-04-16 — best price $1.992025-05-20 — best price $1.992025-06-18 — best price $1.992025-08-05 — best price $1.992025-09-12 — best price $1.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-03-05 — best price $1.992026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-05-01 — best price $1.992026-06-03 — best price $1.992026-07-21 — best price $1.992026-08-17 — best price $1.992026-09-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DMechsActionArcadeShooterColorfulCyberpunkSwordplayPlatformerBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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