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Rot Gut

Shotgun Surgeons · 2016-07-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rot Gut is an action packed platformer set in America’s 1920’s Prohibition era. You take control of an agent who, to uncover their mysteries, goes on a mission to fight the city’s underground armed to the teeth organizations.

Rot Gut is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 301 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 301 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (56 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.5k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 301 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2016-04-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820162026Week of 2016-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.692015-01-012026-03-262015-01-01 — best price $2.992016-04-19 — best price $0.692016-04-25 — best price $0.842016-04-26 — best price $0.992016-05-24 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $1.792016-07-04 — best price $1.992016-07-12 — best price $1.692016-07-20 — best price $1.992016-11-27 — best price $1.692016-11-29 — best price $1.992016-12-22 — best price $1.692017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-07-05 — best price $1.992018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-06-22 — best price $1.392018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-12-21 — best price $1.392019-01-03 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $1.392019-02-11 — best price $1.992019-06-25 — best price $1.392019-07-09 — best price $1.992019-10-28 — best price $1.392019-11-01 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.392020-01-27 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $1.392020-12-01 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.392021-01-05 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.392025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.392026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.392026-03-26 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
91.5%
earned "Finished Level 1"
69.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)88380%9

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

Player tags

2DPvENoirActionArcadeCasualShooterPlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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