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UpGun cover art

UpGun

MaxEstLa · 2021-08-13

Steam

ActionCasual

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 13, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Face your friends in UpGun! Use each round to accumulate skills and overtake your opponents in this crazy deathmatch!

UpGun is a free-to-play Action and Casual game released in 2021, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 5032 reviews).

13
playing now
83%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
54/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

UpGun trailer thumbnail

UpGun - Official trailer

≈81,883 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 583 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

All-time low: $8.99 at Humble Store (2026-03-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 3 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20720720212026Week of 2021-08-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5902026-09-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 51 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 51 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 42 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 38 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1131Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 23 · peak 141Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 14Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 54May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 64Jul 2022 — avg 66 · peak 161Sep 2022 — avg 59 · peak 174Nov 2022 — avg 56 · peak 174Jan 2023 — avg 59 · peak 199Mar 2023 — avg 56 · peak 157May 2023 — avg 68 · peak 186Jul 2023 — avg 92 · peak 280Sep 2023 — avg 78 · peak 222Nov 2023 — avg 79 · peak 217Jan 2024 — avg 63 · peak 170Mar 2024 — avg 61 · peak 185May 2024 — avg 59 · peak 154Jul 2024 — avg 64 · peak 138Sep 2024 — avg 55 · peak 174Nov 2024 — avg 51 · peak 187Jan 2025 — avg 56 · peak 151Mar 2025 — avg 55 · peak 167May 2025 — avg 50 · peak 139Jul 2025 — avg 49 · peak 164Sep 2025 — avg 42 · peak 115Nov 2025 — avg 44 · peak 130Jan 2026 — avg 48 · peak 145Mar 2026 — avg 45 · peak 159May 2026 — avg 37 · peak 111Jul 2026 — avg 32 · peak 98Aug 2026 — avg 33 · peak 103
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.002021-08-132026-07-092021-08-13 — best price $10.792021-08-20 — best price $11.992021-12-17 — best price $10.192021-12-25 — best price $11.992022-01-28 — best price $11.992022-06-08 — best price $0.002025-10-09 — best price $10.792025-10-19 — best price $11.992026-01-01 — best price $9.592026-01-11 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-04-02 — best price $11.992026-04-09 — best price $10.792026-04-13 — best price $8.992026-04-20 — best price $11.992026-07-02 — best price $10.792026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.1%
earned "Thanks!"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundPartial Controller Support1 DLC

10 supported languages: French, English, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Danish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-06-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4180%110

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DFPSPvPCuteActionArcadeCasualShooterColorfulStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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