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The Gunk

Image & Form Games · Thunderful Publishing · 2022-04-29

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 16, 2021 (Xbox One), Dec 16, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

The Gunk is an action-adventure game in which you play as Rani, part of our duo of gritty space haulers. As they’re struggling to bring in funds, they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. They came in search of valuable resources, and it looks like they’ve hit the jackpot…

8
playing now
86%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (69 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

The Gunk is an action-adventure video game developed by Thunderful Development and published by Thunderful Publishing. The game was released on December 16, 2021 for Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,465 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~183/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 119k–268k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,964 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-80%
GreenManGaming$5.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GOG (2025-12-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 73 of 125 observed days · $4.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47047020222026Week of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2552026-08-11 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$0.742022-01-112026-08-302022-01-11 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-04-04 — best price $24.992023-08-15 — best price $12.492023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-07-14 — best price $24.992024-09-24 — best price $24.992024-10-21 — best price $24.992024-11-23 — best price $24.992024-12-12 — best price $4.992025-01-09 — best price $2.492025-02-06 — best price $3.492025-03-04 — best price $6.242025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-01 — best price $2.492025-05-28 — best price $3.742025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-04 — best price $3.752025-09-02 — best price $3.742025-09-29 — best price $1.742025-10-20 — best price $2.492025-11-19 — best price $1.252025-12-11 — best price $0.742026-01-14 — best price $24.992026-02-04 — best price $1.242026-02-23 — best price $24.992026-03-14 — best price $1.252026-04-01 — best price $2.492026-04-15 — best price $2.352026-05-14 — best price $1.252026-05-31 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-05 — best price $4.992026-08-26 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

24452026-05-29 — 24 pageviews2026-06-01 — 21 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-01 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 34 pageviews2026-07-07 — 244 pageviews2026-07-10 — 31 pageviews2026-07-13 — 28 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 18 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 20 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-15 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 19 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
81.9%
earned "First Gunk"
30.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)31,82412%17
Steam (Steam)4,28925%17

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

Player tags

SpaceLinearSci-fiColorfulRelaxingAdventureControllerAtmosphericExplorationMetroidvania

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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