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Guns of Icarus Online

Muse Games · 2012-10-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 29, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 29, 2012 (Linux), Oct 29, 2012 (Mac)

Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.

Guns of Icarus Online is an Action, Adventure, Indie and Simulation game released in 2012, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 14669 reviews).

1
playing now
90%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Guns of Icarus Online is a steampunk-themed multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by American studio Muse Games. It is a follow-up to Flight of the Icarus, and was released on October 29, 2012. A cooperative, PvE companion game Guns of Icarus Alliance was released on March 31, 2017. On December 23, 2011, Muse Games launched a Kickstarter project to raise $10,000 to partially fund the development of Guns of Icarus Online, and the company subsequently received $35,237 at the close of the bidding on February 21, 2012. Following the completion of their fundraising campaign, Muse Games co-developer Eric Chung announced that Guns of Icarus Online would enter closed beta on April 10, 2012.

Trailer

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Guns of Icarus Online Cinematic Trailer | Muse Games

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 587k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,669 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.42 at GreenManGaming (2021-06-24) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k2Aug 2012Jul 2026Aug 2012 — avg 30 · peak 71Jan 2013 — avg 87 · peak 492Jun 2013 — avg 209 · peak 711Nov 2013 — avg 151 · peak 392Apr 2014 — avg 134 · peak 349Sep 2014 — avg 161 · peak 457Feb 2015 — avg 327 · peak 1,643Jul 2015 — avg 302 · peak 782Dec 2015 — avg 239 · peak 730May 2016 — avg 148 · peak 536Oct 2016 — avg 97 · peak 307Mar 2017 — avg 141 · peak 570Aug 2017 — avg 37 · peak 96Jan 2018 — avg 80 · peak 279Jun 2018 — avg 275 · peak 1,795Nov 2018 — avg 52 · peak 399Apr 2019 — avg 33 · peak 414Sep 2019 — avg 10 · peak 34Feb 2020 — avg 17 · peak 525Jul 2020 — avg 23 · peak 76Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 101May 2021 — avg 9 · peak 56Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 153Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 36Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 29Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 34Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 41Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 30Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 27Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 22Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 30Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 132Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-04-282015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-05-22 — best price $2.242015-07-21 — best price $3.742015-11-03 — best price $9.992016-01-08 — best price $9.992016-06-06 — best price $9.992016-09-19 — best price $3.392016-11-28 — best price $9.992017-04-14 — best price $1.252017-10-26 — best price $0.002018-05-26 — best price $0.002019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-08-05 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-05-07 — best price $0.992020-06-12 — best price $4.992020-07-10 — best price $4.992020-08-01 — best price $4.392020-08-25 — best price $4.992020-09-25 — best price $1.252020-10-19 — best price $4.992020-11-11 — best price $4.392020-12-17 — best price $4.142021-02-04 — best price $4.992021-02-25 — best price $4.992021-03-18 — best price $4.992021-04-11 — best price $4.142021-05-02 — best price $3.582021-06-25 — best price $3.662021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-02-04 — best price $4.142022-10-25 — best price $3.662023-03-04 — best price $3.662023-06-03 — best price $3.662024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-04-28 — best price $3.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3352026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 33 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 11 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 18 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 6 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews2026-10-12 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
57.9%
earned "Hands On"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48,4640%849

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

FPSPvPCo-opIndieActionFlightStrategyTacticalAdventureSteampunk

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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