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The Imperial Gatekeeper

Tengsten · Kagura Games · 2022-09-02

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: May 21, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Empire is finally whole after the Great Unification War, and the military is undergoing a restructuring. You are Corporal Thill, a decorated war hero begrudgingly transferred to the newly created Traffic Security Bureau to man one of its many checkpoints. Glory to the Empire!

The Imperial Gatekeeper is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2022, priced at $12.99, with Mostly Positive (80% of 2193 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

27
playing now
80%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$12.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The protagonist Til was a decorated warrior in battle, but ended up being dispatched to work in the "immigration bureau" after the war. Though feeling very disgruntled, Til made his way to his new work "station."(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 128 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (435 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 28,808 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,193 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.45-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2026-05-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 70 of 94 observed days · $1.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34734720222026Week of 2022-09-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6172026-09-15 00:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 32 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 46 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 38 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 45 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 28 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 61 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 28 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 41 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 45 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 25 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 48 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 58 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
22615Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 226 · peak 1,060Nov 2022 — avg 77 · peak 182Jan 2023 — avg 56 · peak 117Mar 2023 — avg 28 · peak 76May 2023 — avg 28 · peak 94Jul 2023 — avg 40 · peak 103Sep 2023 — avg 41 · peak 132Nov 2023 — avg 66 · peak 281Jan 2024 — avg 73 · peak 239Mar 2024 — avg 67 · peak 200May 2024 — avg 47 · peak 192Jul 2024 — avg 47 · peak 127Sep 2024 — avg 21 · peak 53Nov 2024 — avg 24 · peak 69Jan 2025 — avg 33 · peak 99Mar 2025 — avg 20 · peak 75May 2025 — avg 27 · peak 91Jul 2025 — avg 25 · peak 68Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 47Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 56Jan 2026 — avg 21 · peak 50Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2026 — avg 44 · peak 240Jul 2026 — avg 24 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 36
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$6.492022-09-032026-10-142022-09-03 — best price $11.692022-11-22 — best price $10.392023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $10.392023-05-16 — best price $10.392023-07-31 — best price $10.392023-10-24 — best price $12.992023-12-14 — best price $12.992024-01-25 — best price $10.392024-03-14 — best price $9.742024-05-09 — best price $12.992024-06-27 — best price $9.742024-08-26 — best price $9.742024-10-16 — best price $9.742024-11-27 — best price $9.742025-02-13 — best price $9.742025-04-14 — best price $12.992025-06-03 — best price $12.992025-08-08 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $8.442025-11-13 — best price $8.442026-01-06 — best price $8.442026-03-11 — best price $8.442026-04-22 — best price $12.992026-06-16 — best price $12.992026-08-17 — best price $8.452026-09-03 — best price $8.452026-09-11 — best price $12.992026-09-19 — best price $8.452026-09-27 — best price $8.452026-10-05 — best price $8.452026-10-13 — best price $8.452026-10-14 — best price $8.45
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGNSFWAnimeIndieHentaiLGBTQ+MatureNudityRPGMaker

Census log

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

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