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Shotgun Cop Man

DeadToast Entertainment · Devolver Digital · 2025-05-01

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 01, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), May 01, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

GO TO HELL, ARREST SATAN. Propel yourself to justice and glory on a journey through hell in this punchy, crunchy, son-of-a-gun precision platformer from the creator of My Friend Pedro.

97%
positive of 695 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (131 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 13,801 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 695 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-05-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 64 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12612620252026Week of 2025-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$4.492025-05-012026-09-102025-05-01 — best price $8.992025-05-14 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-08-07 — best price $7.992025-09-18 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-13 — best price $5.992025-11-07 — best price $5.992025-11-20 — best price $5.992025-12-04 — best price $8.392025-12-12 — best price $8.892025-12-18 — best price $5.392026-01-08 — best price $8.992026-01-25 — best price $9.992026-02-26 — best price $9.992026-03-12 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-07 — best price $5.392026-04-17 — best price $8.992026-04-27 — best price $5.392026-05-07 — best price $5.392026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-05-14 — best price $5.392026-05-20 — best price $5.392026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-06-05 — best price $5.392026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-13 — best price $8.992026-07-30 — best price $4.992026-08-06 — best price $5.392026-08-14 — best price $8.992026-08-20 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $4.492026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned "Kill All"
41%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-05-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)46717%21
Switch (Nintendo)280%0

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

Player tags

2DActionArcadeCombatShooterAbstractModdableStylizedControllerMinimalist

Census log

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

Players also track

My Friend PedroHell is Other DemonsOne Gun GuyBZZZTJet Kave AdventureROUNDS

Similarity via IGDB.

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