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Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition

Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition

The classic Gauntlet 4-player co-op action gameplay returns in a completely new experience! Battle the endless hordes of foes as you and your friends fight for treasure and glory via both local and online co-op multiplayer. Invade the Darkness!

Released Sep 23, 2014 Developer Arrowhead Game Studios Publisher WB Games Platforms Windows Co-opDungeon CrawlerHack and SlashLocal Co-OpAction
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

81.7%positive9,887 reviews
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“its okay but we need a dark legacy remaster”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“🌟 [b][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45575657]Follow Ainsel Reviews - Curator for the weird & lovely[/url][/b] 🌟 Gauntlet feels like an echo from crowded living rooms, CRT screens, and shouted warnings across the couch. A game that remembers when dungeon crawling was…”

— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs played
Not recommended · 10 found this helpful

“I want to like Gauntlet for N64 nostalgia... but having finished it with my brother like The Good Old Days™... ...this feels like store brand Coca-Cola.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

35playing at last check
4524-hour peak
12,669all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 4.1k avg · Sep 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

46achievements
3.9%median completion
0.5%rarest: Orc Slayer - Gold
74.9% of players 65.7% of players 46.7% of players 42.8% of players 36.3% of players 33.7% of players 24.9% of players 20.3% of players 19.6% of players 17.5% of players 13.2% of players 13.1% of players 12.7% of players 11.1% of players 9.8% of players 9.1% of players 6.7% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.0% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 74.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.9%Explosive Exit — Die from Area Damage
65.7%Suddenly Skewered — Die by taking damage from a Spike Trap
46.7%The Undeath of Khamun — Kill The Boss of the Crypts
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Orc Slayer - Gold — Kill 15000 Orcs With One Hero
0.5%Demon Slayer - Gold — Kill 15000 Demons With One Hero
0.6%Grunt Slayer - Gold — Kill 15000 Grunts With One Hero

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada19.99 CAD
Japan1,980 JPY
Brazil89.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$10 Japan Canada Brazil UK US Australia EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Oct 09, 2015
Gauntlet Development Coming To An End

Gauntlet Players, It has been a busy year since our vision and remake of the arcade classic Gauntlet was released. In that time we have not only released one version, but recently released our newer,

Oct 09, 2015
Gauntlet Development Coming To An End

Gauntlet Players, It has been a busy year since our vision and remake of the arcade classic Gauntlet was released. In that time we have not only released one version, but recently released our newer,

Sep 09, 2015
Patch 2.2 is Live Now!

Patch 2.2 Notes: • Gauntlet challengers be glad, for Clients will no longer crash in the loading screen while waiting for the Host to start a floor! • All Contestants be aware, Liches will no longer b

Sep 09, 2015
Patch 2.2 is Live Now!

Patch 2.2 Notes: • Gauntlet challengers be glad, for Clients will no longer crash in the loading screen while waiting for the Host to start a floor! • All Contestants be aware, Liches will no longer b

Aug 18, 2015
Patch 2.1 is Live Now!

Steam Patch 2.1 Notes: • Attention all Heroes using Radeon Graphics cards with 4K monitors. Your cries have been heard and the gods have answered. All Camera related issues have been addressed and fix

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, RPG
Player tagsCo-op · Dungeon Crawler · Hack and Slash · Local Co-Op · Action · RPG · Multiplayer · Adventure · Top-Down · 4 Player Local · Online Co-Op · Arcade (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Italian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements46
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.gauntlet.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista / Windows 7 Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space