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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 · Perspectives: First person

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!

Shotgun Farmers is an Action, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 9850 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

10
playing now
93%
positive of 9.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (1,609 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Shotgun Farmers trailer thumbnail

Shotgun Farmers - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 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 5% of 27,911 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 246k–591k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,846 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 28 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

1612026-09-15 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1350May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 23Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2018 — avg 4 · peak 20May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 35Aug 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2018 — avg 6 · peak 25Feb 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2019 — avg 6 · peak 27Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 38Feb 2020 — avg 57 · peak 236May 2020 — avg 128 · peak 251Aug 2020 — avg 95 · peak 229Nov 2020 — avg 67 · peak 171Feb 2021 — avg 57 · peak 136May 2021 — avg 38 · peak 89Aug 2021 — avg 37 · peak 94Nov 2021 — avg 34 · peak 84Feb 2022 — avg 35 · peak 83May 2022 — avg 30 · peak 79Aug 2022 — avg 21 · peak 56Nov 2022 — avg 23 · peak 54Feb 2023 — avg 30 · peak 87May 2023 — avg 26 · peak 73Aug 2023 — avg 34 · peak 85Nov 2023 — avg 19 · peak 59Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 43May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2025 — avg 39 · peak 203Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 40May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 40Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$3.992017-06-022026-10-152017-06-02 — 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 $9.992026-09-24 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — 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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-03-07, latest 2026-04-10 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DFPSCo-opFunnyActionCartoonShooterCartoonyColorfulTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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