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Impaler Gold

Apptivus · Retrovibe · 2022-12-06

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.

Impaler Gold is an Action and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 591 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 591 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (145 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 591 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-01-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 24 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13713720222026Week of 2022-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.992022-12-062026-08-242022-12-06 — best price $2.692023-03-20 — best price $2.992023-06-12 — best price $2.992023-07-14 — best price $2.242023-09-05 — best price $2.992023-11-06 — best price $2.092023-11-29 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-01-29 — best price $2.992024-03-06 — best price $2.992024-03-28 — best price $2.092024-05-15 — best price $3.342024-06-14 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-15 — best price $3.342024-09-23 — best price $4.992024-10-30 — best price $3.242024-11-26 — best price $3.242024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-01-23 — best price $2.992025-02-13 — best price $2.992025-03-18 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $2.742025-05-26 — best price $2.742025-06-27 — best price $2.742025-08-26 — best price $2.742025-09-27 — best price $4.992025-10-16 — best price $2.242025-11-05 — best price $4.992025-12-04 — best price $2.242026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-02-19 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-30 — best price $1.992026-06-20 — best price $1.992026-08-03 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
91.4%
earned "You Can Do Better"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

21 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-12-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2483%23

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

Player tags

FPSRetroShort1990'sActionShooterMinimalistRogue-liteBullet HellDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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