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MOTHERGUNSHIP cover art

MOTHERGUNSHIP

Terrible Posture Games · 2018-07-17

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazon

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

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.

MOTHERGUNSHIP is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 1624 reviews).

1
playing now
76%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (2 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Mothergunship is a bullet hell roguelike first-person shooter video game developed by Grip Digital and Terrible Posture Games and published by Grip Digital.

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 12% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–97k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,624 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.25-75%
GOG$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 75 of 102 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

802026-09-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2000Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 17 · peak 47Dec 2018 — avg 32 · peak 178Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 23Jun 2019 — avg 18 · peak 131Sep 2019 — avg 141 · peak 591Dec 2019 — avg 36 · peak 120Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 37Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 52Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 29Dec 2020 — avg 15 · peak 45Mar 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2021 — avg 12 · peak 43Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 34Dec 2021 — avg 10 · peak 38Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 34Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 36Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 63Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.742018-07-172026-10-152018-07-17 — best price $19.992019-09-02 — best price $24.992020-06-09 — best price $5.992021-03-12 — best price $24.992021-04-18 — best price $24.992021-05-31 — best price $7.502021-08-05 — best price $24.992021-10-04 — best price $24.992021-11-24 — best price $3.742021-12-29 — best price $24.992022-03-01 — best price $24.102022-04-25 — best price $4.992022-06-18 — best price $24.992022-08-08 — best price $6.242022-10-08 — best price $19.882022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-01-17 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-05-05 — best price $8.002023-07-13 — best price $12.492023-08-28 — best price $8.492023-11-04 — best price $24.992024-01-05 — best price $18.362024-04-06 — best price $18.362024-06-08 — best price $18.362024-11-12 — best price $8.492025-05-21 — best price $7.492025-10-27 — best price $24.992026-03-11 — best price $6.242026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-09-05 — best price $6.252026-09-25 — best price $6.252026-10-15 — best price $6.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4412026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 14 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 44 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 8 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1 pageviews2026-08-26 — 4 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 3 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 9 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 4 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews2026-10-13 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-08-21 (Steam store data)

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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