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Pistol Whip cover art

Pistol Whip

Cloudhead Games Ltd. · 2019-11-07

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieSports

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 07, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Nov 07, 2019 (Oculus Rift), Jul 28, 2020 (PlayStation VR), Nov 07, 2019 (Oculus VR), Feb 22, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), Nov 07, 2019 (SteamVR)

Enter: the ultimate action hero. Pistol Whip is a physical action-rhythm game where film-inspired gunplay and blood-pumping beats collide. Blast, duck and dodge your way through fever dream Scenes, build unique rhythms in a ballet of bullets and claim glory on the leaderboards. Includes mod support!

5
playing now
94%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Pistol Whip is a 2019 virtual reality video game developed and published by Cloudhead Games. The game is a stage based shooter where the player automatically moves through the level and has to defeat enemies to the music. The game was released for Oculus Quest and Microsoft Windows on November 7, 2019. A PlayStation 4 port released in July 2020. Since February 2023, it is also supported on the PlayStation 5.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (541 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 103k–247k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,112 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50050020192026Week of 2019-11-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-08-07 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002019-11-072026-07-092019-11-07 — best price $24.992020-12-01 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $19.992021-04-05 — best price $24.992021-08-16 — best price $29.992021-11-07 — best price $19.492021-11-19 — best price $20.992021-12-04 — best price $29.992022-01-07 — best price $19.492022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-06-23 — best price $19.492022-07-25 — best price $29.992022-09-22 — best price $20.992022-11-18 — best price $19.492022-12-02 — best price $29.992023-01-20 — best price $20.992023-03-17 — best price $20.992023-05-05 — best price $20.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-08-18 — best price $20.992023-09-05 — best price $29.992023-11-03 — best price $17.992023-12-08 — best price $20.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-04-15 — best price $19.492024-05-02 — best price $29.992024-07-04 — best price $29.992024-08-26 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992024-12-12 — best price $29.992025-01-23 — best price $19.492025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $17.992025-09-23 — best price $29.992025-11-20 — best price $16.492025-12-04 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2222026-05-17 — 12 pageviews2026-05-20 — 15 pageviews2026-05-23 — 15 pageviews2026-05-26 — 9 pageviews2026-05-29 — 14 pageviews2026-06-01 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-01 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
73.1%
earned "Baby Driver"
23.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,7443%25
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)4,45411%25
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,64213%25

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSMusicActionArcadeRhythmShooterAssassinSoundtrackBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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