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Colt Canyon
Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Satisfying gunplay and combat” (25 of 78 reviews) and “Challenging but balanced combat” (9); the most common complaint is “Repetitive, frustrating combat” (7). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
25 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“Really fun game. There's a surprising amount of weapons (You see even more when you start on looped runs). Some of em are stinkers that'll make you cry when you see them, but most are really satisfying to use and it can…”
9 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“A solid, customizable, bite sized, yet immersive roguelike experience. Satisfying gunplay, nuanced options, and balanced difficulty.”
“Really good game, to be honest. Gameplay may feel same all of the time, but it feels good and hard to master. I recommend it”
8 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“Great game, works with steam remote play, fairly lengthy to beat and very replayable.”
“Simple loop and graphics with great weapons and excellent combat. Replayability is just as high - pick this up!”
“it is really fun with hours of replayability”
7 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“Great game, works with steam remote play, fairly lengthy to beat and very replayable.”
“it is really fun with hours of replayability”
5 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“Got boring a bit quick, but worth the sale price for some multiplayer fun.”
7 of the 78 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Really fun game. There's a surprising amount of weapons (You see even more when you start on looped runs). Some of em are stinkers that'll make you cry when you see them, but most are really satisfying to use and it can…”
“Got boring a bit quick, but worth the sale price for some multiplayer fun.”
6 of the 78 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Got boring a bit quick, but worth the sale price for some multiplayer fun.”
“nowhere near enough variation between runs to save the game from becoming repetitive quickly. the areas are procedurally generated but still feel practically the same every run, most of the characters & guns don't alter…”
6 of the 78 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“nowhere near enough variation between runs to save the game from becoming repetitive quickly. the areas are procedurally generated but still feel practically the same every run, most of the characters & guns don't alter…”
“what is that difficulty? elden ring? red armored dogs, cows, useless perks.”
5 of the 78 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“what is that difficulty? elden ring? red armored dogs, cows, useless perks.”
5 of the 78 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“nowhere near enough variation between runs to save the game from becoming repetitive quickly. the areas are procedurally generated but still feel practically the same every run, most of the characters & guns don't alter…”
Counted across 78 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This game is fun, I think it would be great as a 3ds game. Please add weather events that like, switch color pallete to like deep blues and cyans or like a sunset event that increases the redness. Maybe like an area that is lush with greenery and its like an open field, think…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“First of all, game is awesome. The gameplay isnt easy in my opinion and is challenging and takes a tiny bit to get used to but after you do, you start enjoying it way more. I like how most weapons feel different varying from reload green bar length/position to getting knocked…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Amazing game! I played it my with bro and we had a blast! Great game, great ending!”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.3.1.4 now available!
Howdy fellow gunslingers!Months have gone by and I'm still seeing new faces enjoying Colt Canyon. This makes me very happy and motivated to work on a new patch to further fine-tune the game. Overall I
Patch 1.3.1.3 now available!
Howdy fellow gunslingers! Great to see that a lot of the new players stuck around and are still enjoying their time in the canyon. I gathered a lot of feedback and bug reports over the last weeks and
Patch 1.3.1.2 now available!
Howdy fellow gunslingers and happy new year! And a warm welcome to all the new players who joined us in this new year, of which there are plenty. It's great to see so many of you enjoying the game so
A Fistful of Fixes and Tweaks: v1.3.1.1 Launched!
Howdy fellow gunslingers! This is just a small patch. A lot of these changes were already integrated in the public Steam version as part of a hotfix shortly after 1.3.1.0 - But now I've added a couple
Patch 1.3.1 now available!
Howdy fellow gunslingers! It was fantastic seeing all of you excited for patch 1.3! I got a lot of valuable feedback from the community and also made a lot of play testing myself. That's how a minor p
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Western · Blood · Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Action · Pixel Graphics · Shooter · Indie · Top-Down · Rogue-lite · Fast-Paced · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Polish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Official site | https://colt-canyon.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: CPU @ 2.2 GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space