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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse.

Released Mar 13, 2024 Developer Digital Eclipse Publisher Digital Eclipse, Atari Platforms Windows ActionArcadeSingleplayerControllerPlatformer
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

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

88.6%positive88 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Weird as šhit, I want more of this series”

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

“Excellent documentary/ museum covering the early works of Jeff Minter (a true icon of gaming!) and providing a window into the 1980's British development scene. In all honesty, your mileage with some of the early games may vary (if you don't have nostalgia for the period), but…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Llamasoft: The Jeff Minster Story is a game collection focusing on the oeuvre of a single developer and provides lots of literature, scans and videos for a museum experience. All of this succeeds at providing context for Jeff Minster's career and his games. However, I found very…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 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.

14achievements
0.8%median completion
0.3%rarest: Grid Stunner
3.9% of players 3.4% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 3.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
3.9%Exit Cube Left — Exit the cube maze [3D3D]
3.4%Gluttonous Mutton — Eat yourself to death [Sheep in Space]
1.6%Grid Gunner — Reach Level 3 in Grid Master Mode [Grid Runner Remastered]
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Grid Stunner — Reach Level 15 in Grid Master Mode [Grid Runner Remastered]
0.4%Grid Runner — Reach Level 7 in Grid Master Mode [Grid Runner Remastered]
0.5%Full Electro Jacket — Beat level 15 with at least 3 zaps in tow [Laser Zone - Vic20]

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · Arcade · Singleplayer · Controller · Platformer · Shooter · Psychedelic · Precision Platformer · Shoot 'Em Up · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements14
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i3 @ 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT or greater