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Gunvein

Gunvein

Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.

Released Nov 11, 2022 Developer NGDEV Platforms Windows Shoot 'Em UpActionBullet HellArcade2D
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (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 2026-05-15.

96.9%positive224 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This game feels so good. Ship control, enemies flow, overall pace - great. One of the first shmups that I've picked up, and just love it for what it is. It has a demo even, try it! Oh, yes, and I would strongly recommend using gamepad, since it has precise speed control,…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“As a new shmup player, this was a great entry point into the genre. Fast, frenetic pacing, amazing level design, and a killer soundtrack that will get stuck in your head. If you're a fan of fast paced, arcade action look no further.”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“You can do analog movement, it's actually ultra ultra sick. I'm like ultra good now wow! It turns out boghog is actually sick nasty wow. Ultra cool shmup, having to hold two buttons down the whole game really hurts my hands but steam input can fix that i guess. Rad game wow!!”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2023-11 via SteamCharts.

31all-time peak
0 5 10 2023 No data collected for this period 7 avg · Nov 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

15achievements
6.1%median completion
1.1%rarest: Freeplay
71.2% of players 55.4% of players 42.5% of players 36.2% of players 25.0% of players 23.8% of players 10.6% of players 6.1% of players 5.8% of players 4.2% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 1.7% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 71.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
71.2%Extend — Get your first score-based extra life.
55.4%Full Extent of the Jam — Complete both tutorials.
42.5%Panic bomb — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
1.1%Freeplay — Unlock 9+ continues.
1.3%Boss Master — Complete Boss Rush on Intense difficulty or higher.
1.7%Expert — Finish the game on Expert difficulty. Continues allowed.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$17.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$17.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-13
US17.99 USD
EU17.49 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia26.50 AUD
Canada22.49 CAD
Japan1,950 JPY
Brazil54.99 BRL
China67.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$10.0 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$20

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-13 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Nov 28, 2022
Leaderboard Update

- New scrollable leaderboards that show stage progress & character used - Changed tutorial progression, only the Gunvein Basics tutorial is mandatory now - Fixed boss timeout crash - Added an invincib

Nov 20, 2022
Emergency crash fix

Roguelike mode had a nasty crash, it should be gone now

Nov 14, 2022
Quick fixes 2

- Fixed a rare softlock on stage 1 right before midboss, and sometimes right after - "Reset progress" setting now asks for a confirmation - Roguelike mode now always gives you at least 1 bomb/lock on

Nov 13, 2022
Quick fixes

- Fixed the crash when opening leaderboards - Fixed broken unlocks after using the "reset progress" setting - Added the ability to disable the skull side bar in normal mode - Fixed the Final Boss miss

Nov 08, 2022
Gunvein Release Date 11th November

We are happy to finally have the release date for our first PC/Steam game. Gunvein releases on Steam this Friday 11th November.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.

GenresAction
Player tagsShoot 'Em Up · Action · Bullet Hell · Arcade · 2D · Shooter · Colorful · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Controller · Anime (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements15
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 with SP1 Processor: Intel Core i3 3.40GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB GeForce GTX 560, Radeon HD 6950 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space