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MOTHERGUNSHIP

Terrible Posture Games · 2018-07-17

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazon

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 17, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jul 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 17, 2018 (Xbox One)

MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.

1
playing now
76%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (167 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–97k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,622 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.25-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Fanatical (2021-11-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 41 of 63 observed days · $2.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13213220182026Week of 2018-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$26.91$0.002018-07-172026-08-302018-07-17 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $12.492020-03-26 — best price $22.492021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-03-30 — best price $24.992021-05-04 — best price $7.442021-06-17 — best price $18.362021-08-23 — best price $6.752021-10-12 — best price $6.742021-11-26 — best price $18.362021-12-29 — best price $24.992022-02-21 — best price $24.992022-04-13 — best price $5.742022-06-06 — best price $7.492022-07-21 — best price $12.492022-08-29 — best price $24.992022-10-31 — best price $12.492022-12-10 — best price $22.492023-02-02 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $9.992023-05-05 — best price $8.002023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-08-17 — best price $12.492023-10-17 — best price $19.882023-12-02 — best price $24.992024-02-13 — best price $19.882024-04-26 — best price $19.882024-06-27 — best price $8.492024-11-27 — best price $8.492025-06-06 — best price $7.492025-10-27 — best price $24.992026-02-20 — best price $24.992026-06-14 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $6.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
81.9%
earned "Welcome to the Resistance"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,7371%20
Xbox One (Xbox)6075%20
PS4 (PlayStation)5758%21
PS4 (PlayStation)4397%21

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

Player tags

FPSIndieActionCraftingFast-PacedRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellFirst-PersonOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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