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Eigengrau

Eigengrau

A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.

Released Jun 5, 2023 Developer Martin Mauersics Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellArcadeActionPuzzle
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

100.0%positive99 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Lots of fun and unique gimmicks, and very accessible even if you're not good at shmups since you can progress by playing individual stages. Would recommend.”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A shockingly unique take on the standard SHMUP formula. Eigengrau takes a maximallist approach to gimmicks; every single wave of enemies in the game does something you've never seen before and will never see again. Incredible creativity on display from start to finish. Very…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I don't think I was doing the right thing.”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

66achievements
3.7%median completion
0.6%rarest: Expert Performance
92.2% of players 62.2% of players 44.1% of players 36.3% of players 32.7% of players 29.8% of players 29.1% of players 27.5% of players 26.7% of players 11.9% of players 11.8% of players 10.4% of players 9.4% of players 8.0% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 5.1% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 92.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.2%The Blade of Beginning — Hidden achievement
62.2%The Gate of Creation — Hidden achievement
44.1%The Shattered Dragon — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Expert Performance — Obtain X rank in Classic Mode
0.9%Extra Time — Obtain X rank in all stages
1.3%One Color Clear — Finish Classic Mode without using a continue and without equipping a shield (from the beginning, on any difficulty and speed)

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 27, 2026
Version 1.3.11

This update includes some quality-of-life improvements suggested by players, some fixes for issues which came up during the Steam Deck compatibility review, and many general engine improvements. added

Nov 24, 2025
Version 1.3.10

fixed another graphics driver crash on Linux with AMD GPUs, including Steam Deck (since Mesa 25.2.X) fixed broken trophy/achievement display state in stage 5-2 fixed occasional wrong input when playin

May 28, 2025
Version 1.3.9

fixed a graphics driver crash on Linux with AMD GPUs, including Steam Deck (since Mesa 24.3.X) fixed not using the correct font for leaderboard and replay names, especially for names in Simplified Chi

Oct 30, 2024
Version 1.3.8

fixed an issue where the rendering performance deteriorated permanently after entering the pause menu 🤦 fixed the configuration menu always reporting pending changes when Standard Mode was enabled imp

Aug 21, 2024
Version 1.3.7

added subtle highlighting of changes in the configuration menu fixed an issue where enemies in stage 6-5 were not properly destroyed in co-op mode (and also made sure a possible surviving enemy no lon

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsShoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Arcade · Action · Puzzle · Shooter · Score Attack · Controller · Difficult · Colorful · 2.5D · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort
LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements66
Official sitehttps://www.maus-games.at/eigengrau/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher (32-bit, 64-bit) Processor: Any CPU (x86, with SSE3 support) Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or higher (with FBO support), DirectX 9.0c or higher Storage: 150 MB available space