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Grumpy Gaffer

Grumpy Gaffer

Join Mr. Gaffer on his mission to protect the peace of his home in this dynamic strategy game. Test your wits and reflexes as you face intense waves of enemies, and compete in thrilling mini-games against other players.

Released Oct 30, 2024 Developer RC Games Studio Platforms Windows StrategyTower DefenseSingleplayerOld SchoolCartoony
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-05-20)

What players say

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

94.3%positive122 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I feel old to this game. Its good indie strategy game.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“It's a fun game and I liked every second when I played it. It gets harder and harder every level but if you like the strategy games, you'll figure it out somehow.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

““Surprisingly fun and totally addictive!” Grumpy Gaffer took me by surprise. What starts off as a simple concept quickly becomes a really satisfying loop. It's fun, charming, and dangerously easy to lose hours to. Definitely one of those "just one more go" games. Highly…”

— 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.

24achievements
1.2%median completion
0.6%rarest: Nightmare Veteran
22.8% of players 12.7% of players 7.9% of players 7.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 22.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
22.8%Smash! — Win a game in Smash Storm mode
12.7%Get off my lawn! — Win your first minigame level in Story mode
7.9%Just Getting Started — Win a game in Infinite mode
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Nightmare Veteran — Beat 500 Nightmare levels
0.6%Nightmare Master — Beat 1000 Nightmare levels
0.7%Infinite Veteran — Reach level 500 in Infinite mode

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 31, 2025
Grumpy Gaffer's First Anniversary!

We are very grateful for all of your support after this first year since the game's launch! 50% discount in case you don't have your copy of the game yet! We'll see you soon with new news and content;

Oct 14, 2025
Unity Security Bug Fix

Also added stats (time and health) to end game screen

Jul 17, 2025
Doubling the amount of coins earned, forever!

Grumpy Gaffer and double your coin earnings! The tougher the level, the bigger your reward. Don't forget to compete in the Coliseum and stay tuned for new items for you to unlock with that! - GG

Jul 07, 2025
New Grumpy Content for you guys!

Hello everyone, we made some cool videos for you to learn more about what Grumpy Gaffer is about. Mr Gaffer is getting really tired of their #$%&!+* Check out the essentials about Grumpy Gaffer Nightm

Jul 03, 2025
Patch Notes: July, 3rd. 2025

Improving icon textures

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Tower Defense · Singleplayer · Old School · Cartoony · Procedural Generation · Surreal · Casual · Funny · 2D · Point & Click · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil
Achievements24
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB video memory DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1500 MB available space