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Gunvein cover art

Gunvein

NGDEV · 2022-11-11

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 11, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), TBD (PlayStation 4), TBD (Xbox One), Nov 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.

97%
positive of 227 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (74 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 18,024 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 227 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-02-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
727220222026Week of 2022-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$8.992022-11-112026-06-152022-11-11 — best price $16.192022-11-18 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $15.292023-03-23 — best price $17.992023-06-29 — best price $15.292023-07-13 — best price $17.992023-09-25 — best price $13.492023-10-02 — best price $17.992024-03-16 — best price $12.592024-03-21 — best price $17.992024-11-17 — best price $10.792024-12-01 — best price $17.992024-12-19 — best price $10.792025-01-02 — best price $17.992026-02-12 — best price $8.992026-02-26 — best price $17.992026-06-08 — best price $8.992026-06-15 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
71.2%
earned "Extend"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2553%15
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

2DAnimeActionArcadeSci-fiShooterColorfulControllerBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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