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GRUEL

GRUEL

Go on a rampage in this endless arcade Boomer-Shooter! Gain the weirdest weapons and destroy all the monsters in the never-ending temple of GRUEL!

Released Mar 5, 2025 Developer Mick Sengers, Cheesebaron Platforms Windows Boomer ShooterArcadeAction RoguelikeHero ShooterRetro
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

97.2%positive107 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“ts game if very very coold asf ,but it i like it”

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

“interesting”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Best rougelike ive ever played”

— a player, Steam review · 3 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 2026-09-26.

30achievements
11.9%median completion
1.7%rarest: Blurbrbubrb...
88.9% of players 72.4% of players 60.0% of players 52.4% of players 44.9% of players 38.6% of players 36.1% of players 31.1% of players 23.0% of players 18.1% of players 16.6% of players 16.5% of players 15.7% of players 14.5% of players 12.1% of players 11.9% of players 10.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.6% of players 8.3% of players 7.1% of players 7.0% of players 5.6% of players 5.2% of players 4.6% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.5% of players 3.0% of players 1.7% of players 88.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.9%Theres nothing behind those eyes — Collect your first bloop.
72.4%Taste the power — Unlock your first sauce.
60.0%Plastic plague — Collect 5 bloops
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Blurbrbubrb... — Reach the 20th shop.
3.0%333 GODS MY UNCLE — With the Mortal Conflict, gain and cash out 100 karma.
3.5%Almost a Billionaire — Gain 100.000 gold.

Latest official news

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

Mar 04, 2026
GRUEL is 1 year old! (1.2.2)

Today marks 1 year of GRUEL . champagne . But only for today! What else is in 1.2.2? Systemic change to how sprinting works (it shouldn’t feel any different — but it’s better under the hood). You can

Jan 23, 2026
GRUEL 1.2.1

No game is perfect. Even GRUEL needs a fix or two sometimes. So we got some patch notes: Added 9 new rooms. Fixed up some issues on older rooms. Fixed a bug where a cursed Crackler would be invincible

Jan 14, 2026
THE FRONTLINES UPDATE IS HERE (1.2.0)

It's time for an Undead Apocalypse. General Warstarter won the G.A.P. drastically, and somehow that made things worse. The undead are unionized, well-equipped, and disturbingly motivated. Coffins are

Jan 04, 2026
THE FRONTLINES UPDATE IS COMING

General Warstarter won the G.A.P. Now the undead are unionized. This update expands GRUEL’s undead frontlines with tighter encounters, new combat pressure, and an army that refuses to stay down. Coffi

Sep 18, 2025
GRUEL: Skulls or Spells?

three two particular parties are campaigning to see who gets to present their Gruel Appreciation Parade (G.A.P.) this year to gain favor of the great Bastard. All Both leaders however find themselves

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsBoomer Shooter · Arcade · Action Roguelike · Hero Shooter · Retro · FPS · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-lite · Action · Shooter · 3D · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Input API Support
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or upwards Processor: Intel core i3 1.6 GHz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 90 MB available space