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Only Lead Can Stop Them

Warcry Interactive · Retrovibe · 2024-12-09

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Boot up your 486 and launch olcst.exe for this retro fps from an alternate 1990's. Descend into the madness of the Spanish Civil War fighting vicious fascist forces and supernatural monsters. Conquer three action packed episodes wielding machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and explosives.

79%
positive of 158 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 158 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.29-37%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.29 at GOG (2026-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 26 of 48 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220242026Week of 2024-12-09: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$6.292024-12-092026-08-302024-12-09 — best price $8.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-01-18 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $8.492025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-03-01 — best price $9.992025-03-19 — best price $7.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-04-21 — best price $9.992025-05-16 — best price $9.992025-05-28 — best price $7.992025-06-11 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-07-28 — best price $6.992025-08-26 — best price $6.992025-09-13 — best price $6.692025-09-27 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $6.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-12-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $6.492026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-03-04 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-04 — best price $6.492026-04-30 — best price $6.492026-05-16 — best price $6.492026-06-17 — best price $6.292026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $6.292026-08-03 — best price $9.992026-08-16 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $6.292026-08-30 — best price $6.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
67.7%
earned "Well I give up…"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

25 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian…

Player tags

3DFPSWarIndieRetroActionShooterMilitaryHistoricalOld School

Census log

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

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