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Son of a Gun cover art

Son of a Gun

Crank Goblin · Untold Tales · 2024-10-22

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 141 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 64% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 141 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.39-76%
GOG$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Fanatical (2026-04-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 107 of 158 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420242026Week of 2024-10-22: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.222024-10-182026-08-302024-10-18 — best price $9.992024-11-08 — best price $9.992024-12-18 — best price $9.992025-01-14 — best price $5.992025-02-03 — best price $9.992025-02-20 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $4.392025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-04-19 — best price $4.492025-05-05 — best price $4.492025-05-27 — best price $9.992025-06-18 — best price $3.992025-07-24 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $4.392025-09-09 — best price $7.342025-09-30 — best price $9.992025-10-22 — best price $3.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $3.492025-12-20 — best price $7.342026-01-06 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $2.992026-02-12 — best price $2.982026-02-26 — best price $9.992026-03-18 — best price $3.002026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-04-18 — best price $7.342026-05-01 — best price $9.992026-05-18 — best price $2.222026-06-04 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-21 — best price $2.992026-08-09 — best price $2.882026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
70.2%
earned "Small Gunner"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish

Player tags

2DActionAliensArcadeShooterCartoonyMilitaryTop-DownFuturisticHand-drawn

Census log

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

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