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Squirrel with a Gun

Dee Dee Creations LLC · Maximum Entertainment · 2024-08-29

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 29, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 18, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Squirrel, meet gun. As the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Fight tooth, claw, and gun to escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents.

45
playing now
85%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Squirrel with a Gun is an indie action-adventure game developed by Dee Dee Creations and published by Maximum Entertainment. It was released on August 29, 2024, on Windows, and on October 15, 2024, for the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5. The player controls a squirrel that wields a gun as it escapes a secret underground facility and pesters the residents of a neighborhood. The game takes inspiration from the Yakuza franchise and Shadow of the Colossus and has been compared to games such as Untitled Goose Game and Goat Simulator.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (252 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 79k–177k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,926 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$4.00-80%
GOG$5.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-70%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.64 at GameBillet (2026-05-15) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 157 of 194 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22222220242026Week of 2024-09-05: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-09-05: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-12: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-09-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-19: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-19: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-26: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-03: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-10-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-10: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-10: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-17: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-24: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-31: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-07: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

70112026-08-11 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 41 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 35 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 25 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 21 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 35 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 19 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 45 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 49 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 37 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 70 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 54 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.002024-08-122026-08-302024-08-12 — best price $17.992024-08-23 — best price $14.292024-09-06 — best price $17.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $14.992024-12-01 — best price $14.752024-12-16 — best price $12.592024-12-29 — best price $12.412025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-01-22 — best price $11.992025-02-17 — best price $10.092025-03-13 — best price $9.242025-04-11 — best price $19.992025-05-02 — best price $19.992025-05-27 — best price $19.992025-06-20 — best price $10.792025-07-24 — best price $19.992025-08-23 — best price $8.092025-09-09 — best price $19.992025-09-27 — best price $18.822025-10-16 — best price $6.662025-11-04 — best price $14.242025-11-18 — best price $14.692025-12-03 — best price $9.002025-12-19 — best price $9.002026-01-13 — best price $8.992026-02-02 — best price $14.692026-03-02 — best price $6.992026-03-27 — best price $6.992026-04-20 — best price $14.242026-05-11 — best price $5.992026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-06-05 — best price $4.362026-06-20 — best price $5.812026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-08-04 — best price $5.992026-08-17 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $4.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

107312026-05-30 — 83 pageviews2026-06-02 — 68 pageviews2026-06-05 — 98 pageviews2026-06-08 — 58 pageviews2026-06-11 — 59 pageviews2026-06-14 — 51 pageviews2026-06-17 — 55 pageviews2026-06-20 — 63 pageviews2026-06-23 — 46 pageviews2026-06-26 — 59 pageviews2026-06-29 — 48 pageviews2026-07-02 — 52 pageviews2026-07-05 — 57 pageviews2026-07-08 — 51 pageviews2026-07-11 — 61 pageviews2026-07-14 — 62 pageviews2026-07-17 — 49 pageviews2026-07-20 — 62 pageviews2026-07-23 — 51 pageviews2026-07-26 — 55 pageviews2026-07-29 — 38 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-04 — 55 pageviews2026-08-07 — 38 pageviews2026-08-10 — 54 pageviews2026-08-13 — 46 pageviews2026-08-16 — 44 pageviews2026-08-19 — 57 pageviews2026-08-22 — 41 pageviews2026-08-25 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Top Secret Snack"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)16,25121%20
Steam (Steam)4,73311%20
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,26015%20
Switch 2 (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

3DCuteActionAmericaSandboxShooterCartoonyPlatformerSimulationExploration

Census log

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

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