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Gunsmith

SCT · 2018-05-25

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

Gunsmith is an Action, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 1,056 reviews).

2
playing now
72%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (102 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,056 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2021-01-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920182026Week of 2018-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1320Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 43 · peak 171Sep 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2018 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2019 — avg 30 · peak 309Jun 2019 — avg 15 · peak 36Sep 2019 — avg 23 · peak 72Dec 2019 — avg 20 · peak 53Mar 2020 — avg 22 · peak 53Jun 2020 — avg 42 · peak 306Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Dec 2020 — avg 43 · peak 339Mar 2021 — avg 15 · peak 40Jun 2021 — avg 44 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 26 · peak 53Dec 2021 — avg 26 · peak 80Mar 2022 — avg 17 · peak 36Jun 2022 — avg 14 · peak 45Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 68Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.992018-05-262025-07-102018-05-26 — best price $19.992018-11-09 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-03-10 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $11.992019-08-29 — best price $13.992019-10-20 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $13.392020-01-05 — best price $19.992020-04-25 — best price $13.992020-06-03 — best price $19.992020-08-08 — best price $9.992020-10-12 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $13.392020-12-06 — best price $19.992021-01-17 — best price $7.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-27 — best price $11.992021-07-22 — best price $7.992021-09-27 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $10.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-11 — best price $13.992022-04-11 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $13.992022-07-18 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992022-12-19 — best price $19.992023-02-06 — best price $11.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-09 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-09-11 — best price $12.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
50.6%
earned "Day 25"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Spain, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9244%16

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualSandboxBuildingCraftingMilitaryStrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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