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Showgunners

Artificer · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2023-05-02

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Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 19, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Feb 19, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Feb 19, 2026 (Xbox One), Feb 19, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

3
playing now
93%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
2
Nexus mods (703 downloads)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (144 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 23h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Showgunners is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Artificer and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. Players control a contestant on a brutal game show where people fight to the death. It was released on Windows in May 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 173 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–89k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,970 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2024-11-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 106 of 147 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37337320232026Week of 2023-05-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-09-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1297May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 129 · peak 530Jun 2023 — avg 34 · peak 106Jul 2023 — avg 31 · peak 117Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 51Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 34Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 47Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 54Dec 2023 — avg 20 · peak 49Jan 2024 — avg 15 · peak 47Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 33Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 60Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2024 — avg 18 · peak 69Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 45Jul 2024 — avg 21 · peak 53Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 52Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 45Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 57Nov 2024 — avg 16 · peak 44Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 35Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 39Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 27 · peak 109Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Jul 2025 — avg 13 · peak 35Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 54Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 29Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 35Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 28May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 38Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$8.152023-05-022026-10-152023-05-02 — best price $26.692023-07-17 — best price $19.492023-08-18 — best price $23.992023-10-04 — best price $19.492023-11-25 — best price $20.362023-12-22 — best price $14.872024-01-21 — best price $29.992024-02-28 — best price $29.992024-03-23 — best price $29.992024-05-03 — best price $12.502024-06-12 — best price $29.992024-07-12 — best price $11.792024-08-11 — best price $12.502024-09-09 — best price $11.892024-10-07 — best price $29.992024-11-03 — best price $22.492024-11-30 — best price $15.002025-01-03 — best price $11.992025-02-03 — best price $22.042025-03-19 — best price $10.492025-04-24 — best price $29.992025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-07-02 — best price $10.392025-08-22 — best price $22.042025-09-29 — best price $8.182025-11-13 — best price $8.992026-01-07 — best price $29.992026-01-23 — best price $8.992026-03-12 — best price $10.492026-04-17 — best price $29.992026-05-28 — best price $29.992026-07-16 — best price $8.992026-08-17 — best price $12.002026-08-31 — best price $8.992026-09-12 — best price $8.992026-09-24 — best price $8.992026-10-06 — best price $8.992026-10-15 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1942026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 19 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 5 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
86.4%
earned "Season Premiere"
32.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-05-02, latest 2023-07-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9827%54
PS5 (PlayStation)7718%55
Xbox Series (Xbox)248%54

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

Player tags

Dark1990'sActionSci-fiStrategyTacticalTop-DownIsometricDystopian Atmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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