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Shotgun Farmers cover art

Shotgun Farmers

Megastorm Games · 2019-03-08

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 08, 2019 (Linux), Mar 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 19, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 25, 2020 (Xbox One), Mar 08, 2019 (Mac), Sep 30, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Shotgun Farmers is the multplayer shooter where missed shots grow guns. Fire your bullets into the ground to plant your ammo. The longer a gun plant grows the more ammo you will get!

5
playing now
93%
positive of 9.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 138 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (677 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 246k–591k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,850 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2023-08-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 25 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65565520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1812026-08-06 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$3.992017-06-022026-08-272017-06-02 — best price $8.492017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-02-05 — best price $6.492018-05-28 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $5.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-06-15 — best price $7.492019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $6.992020-01-17 — best price $6.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-04-10 — best price $6.992020-06-22 — best price $9.992020-08-28 — best price $6.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-01-14 — best price $7.992021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-07-30 — best price $7.492021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $6.992022-05-02 — best price $9.992022-09-30 — best price $5.992022-11-21 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $4.992023-05-15 — best price $4.992023-08-14 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-05-27 — best price $3.992024-08-12 — best price $9.992024-12-30 — best price $9.992025-04-09 — best price $9.992025-07-26 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-01 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $9.992026-08-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
91.6%
earned "Seeds of War"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStats2 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)3,6042%64
PS4 (PlayStation)3,4166%31
Steam (Steam)3,1601%73
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

3DFPSCo-opFunnyActionCartoonShooterCartoonyColorfulTeam-Based

Census log

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

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