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GUNHEAD
Gunhead is a fast paced strategic roguelike FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel. Sequel to the 2d roguelite Cryptark.
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“It's a very fun, quick, first person mecha game with a large variety of weapons and an acceptable selection of mechs which pilot very differently. I l really like how I can bang out a level in 6 minutes and feel refreshed during work breaks. The graphics are pleasing and the…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Honestly, I was a huge fan of Cryptark, but found it way too punishing, and I want people and the devs to know that this immediately became one of my favorite games I own. I was never good at the first game, but this one I get this insane rush like I get from Doom Eternal, and I…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Not as fun as it could have been, it's really just.. kind of mediocre. Not exceptionally bad, not exceptionally good either, and the mech feeling just wasn't really there.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
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Latest official news
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Gunhead Update 1.44 - Steam Deck
Hey! We've updated to 1.44 - focused on better Steam Deck support. - Will default to 130% UI scale for Steam Deck - Better scaling of the UI for different UI scales - Larger fonts (inventory, license
GUNHEAD 1.4 - Repair Station, Ammo Refilling, French
Hey everyone! Update 1.4 is here with some large additions: 'Mech Repair Station' now on player's ship. This will let you repair your mech during missions ($10k per repair, with a limit of 5 repairs p
Gunhead 1.35 - Fixes
Hi again, Fixes for 1.35: - Fixed tractor beam when used on Sawblade - Fixed issue if ingame menu was used after finishing level, and controls tried to rebind - Fixed teleporting away Python issue - A
GUNHEAD 1.3 - More fixes
Hey all, Another day another update with fixes. We fixed all known bugs on our list - but definitely let us know of any issues in the forums . We're also looking at feedback on our forums to decide on
GUNHEAD 1.22- Fixes
Hi all, We wanted to do a quick update to fix a few small things, and make a tweak to the in air movement. We're going to do another update focused on fixes/bugs this weekend - then after that focus o
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · FPS · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite · Mechs · Cartoony · First-Person · Stylized · Memes · Robots · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Official site | http://www.alientrap.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions) Processor: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better Storage: 2 GB available space