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Special Gulag Rescue Operation

Cute Pen Games · 2022-07-06

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 07, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

When the barbarians came and took away your people and put them in gulags, you knew you had to put down your wrench and pick up a gun! Play as an ordinary mechanic from Mariupol in this procedurally generated top-down shooter.

Special Gulag Rescue Operation is an Action game released in 2022, free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 18 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

72%
positive of 18 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 80% of 28,363 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620222026Week of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

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