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Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
A comic-styled mashup of Galaga-style shoot-em-up, simple platforming action, and Saturday morning cartoon. In collaboration with Eisner-award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork, developed and published by Pixeljam, is a lively arcade shooter that draws heavily from classic space-invader-style design while injecting a strong dose of humor and personality into its presentation. It is a game that clearly understands…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Glorkian Warrior is such a dumb, mindless, repetitive, brain numbing gaming experience. It's like eating those stupid parm crisps, they are so good, but are so expensive you feel guilty eating one and guiltier eating the next one knowing you are just eating money and before you…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“*nom nom* give me all the crackers Super fun and surprisingly deep and challenging without even having to press the fire button. This game took me by surprise. It's charm and simplicity are what keep me coming back, and it keeps me interested by not being boring somehow. There…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Shoot 'Em Up · Platformer · Retro · Action · Great Soundtrack · Cartoony · Comedy · Arcade · Shooter · Comic Book (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.glorkianwarrior.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1 Ghz CPU Memory: 500 MB RAM Storage: 80 MB available space