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Impaler Gold cover art

Impaler Gold

Apptivus · Retrovibe · 2022-12-06

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
91%
positive of 589 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 43% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 589 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 28 of 54 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 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…

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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