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Impaler Gold
Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.
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 2026-05-13.
“I liked it a lot. I got my money's worth. I play on the couch with a gamepad and let's be real, a game like this is best M+K. But with the very mild auto-aim it was quite playable and I felt satisfied by the level of challenge. I thought for a fairly minimalist game there was a…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“pretty fun game to sink a few hours into if you have nothing to do, great boomer shooter.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“It's peak. I've never put so much time into a game. I think the graphic quality fits the game perfectly. I love the Cannon Ball/triple jump and spike combo. (Use a spike below your character, and (while) using the triple jump upgrade, it will launch you. You can become a cannon…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2023-10 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 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Impaler at Tiny Roguelikes 2026
Hey everyone! Hope you’re all having a solid 2026 so far. We’re checking in to let you know that Impaler is featured in the Action Roguelikes category of the Tiny Roguelikes 2026 event. If you haven’t
Bullet Time Unleashed
Hey everyone, We're back with another patch! This one brings a highly requested feature, which we weren't too sure about since it required an additional keybind. Initially, Bullet Time was activated o
Improvements across the board
Hey everyone, We've been collecting feedback since the "Gold" update, and we're coming back with a round of changes aimed at improving gameplay, visuals, and overall performance. We've shortened the c
Sharpen your aim
Hey everyone, We've been taking a closer look at gamepad performance this last couple of weeks, and today we're introducing Aim Assist function for gamepad users - it can be found in the settings menu
A Patch to Get Your Weekend Going
Hey everyone, We've prepared another round of improvements for Impaler Gold, this time we focus again on localization improvements, but we're also bringing down Hornet's power, as they have felt a bit
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · 1990's · Boomer Shooter · Arena Shooter · FPS · Rogue-lite · Retro · Dark Fantasy · Bullet Hell · Action · Short · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, U… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Official site | https://apptivus.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-Core G3220 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated compatible soundcard