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Gunsmith
Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I love this game.... but it does often go a long time in-between updates. I have been playing since 2020. It's a conveyor hell (factorio) meets, trading/shop sim, meets crime boss mini sim. I hope they keep developing and don't fully abandon..... I have played through until…”
— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played“I've worked in factories for decade, it helps with ideas to do where you think is better to be in or how you would run a company. Great game”
— a player, Steam review · 75 hrs played“Developer seems to have absconded with the money and goes for months without any update. DO. NOT. BUY. It's so unfortunate because the concept is fun and the early game is fun (if you can overlook the obvious UI bugs). Until they actually are updating regularly, this game is…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Minmax Update
Hello Gunsmiths! We hope you're well! We have been working on a pretty major change to Gunsmith over the last few months. But we are excited to get this latest update out in time for the new year! Tod
Fixes for Factory Management Update
Pushed a small fix for the game fixing an issue where some players were forced to do tutorial.
Factory Management Update is live!
Factory Management Overhaul & More! Gunsmiths! Thank you for your patience as we continue to shape and improve Gunsmith. Your support means the world to us, and we're working hard to deliver the exper
Factory Management Update!
Hello everyone Rich here, today i'm happy to announce that we are finishing up on the games next update which will be centred around factory management. We will likely be finishing this update for nex
Gunsmith Developer Update 2025
Hello everyone. Rich here. It's been a tough year for the studio. I have made a video explaining whats gone on. Why updates slowed down and what we are doing in the future. I have tried to cover all t
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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.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Immersive Sim · Management · Base-Building · Simulation · Atmospheric · Military · Resource Management · Strategy · Crafting · Casual · Indie · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.indiedb.com/games/gunsmith |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 6 GB RAM GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space