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Showgunners
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
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.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Xcom meets Running Man. That's pretty much all you need to know. If you like that style of turn-based combat, you will probably enjoy this for a while. Don't expect the tactical depth of Xcom here, though. This is a…”
“Outstanding game. Missions do not feel repetitive, characters have loads of personality, and the voice acting is top notch.”
“[i]Showgunners[/i] is a surprisingly good title that blends a good chunk of what makes the [i]XCOM[/i] series special, at least in terms of tactical turn-based combat, with an almost-believable murder-centric television…”
17 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Outstanding game. Missions do not feel repetitive, characters have loads of personality, and the voice acting is top notch.”
“[i]Showgunners[/i] is a surprisingly good title that blends a good chunk of what makes the [i]XCOM[/i] series special, at least in terms of tactical turn-based combat, with an almost-believable murder-centric television…”
“An atmospheric take on "Running man" lore and aesthetics, fantastic and correct vibe, good visuals, brutal and bright! Nice fact: the showman comments your in-game actions in a smart way, which creates immersion like…”
13 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“An atmospheric take on "Running man" lore and aesthetics, fantastic and correct vibe, good visuals, brutal and bright! Nice fact: the showman comments your in-game actions in a smart way, which creates immersion like…”
“This game is just tons of fun. And excellent quality for its price. Level graphics are great. Excellent enemy mix and plenty of ways to implement strategy. If you like X-Com style games you will really enjoy this one.”
“A Brutal Masterpiece of Tactical Mayhem! **Showgunners** is a breath of fresh air in the turn-based strategy genre. It delivers exactly what it promises: high-stakes action, a gritty atmosphere, and incredibly polished…”
11 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Outstanding game. Missions do not feel repetitive, characters have loads of personality, and the voice acting is top notch.”
“I like that it's turn based. bullet effects are punchy. Fits my lifestyle, easy to play in short bursts.”
“An atmospheric take on "Running man" lore and aesthetics, fantastic and correct vibe, good visuals, brutal and bright! Nice fact: the showman comments your in-game actions in a smart way, which creates immersion like…”
7 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“An excellent turn by turn tactical game. It follows a linear path but does it well, both in terms of pacing and gameplay variety. The soundtrack is quite good too, and it was quite good to do from start to finish in a…”
“A fun, not too long turn-based game. It was pretty straightforward, but I had a great time playing it. Leveling characters is easy, which is nice because a lot of these games can get complicated. It was nice to find one…”
8 of the 81 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I genuinely love the idea of this game. The sad fact is that it's like any other tactical, turn-based shooter - the bad guys can shoot through walls and hit you from impossible angles and through doors (I was two blocks…”
“Xcom meets Running Man. That's pretty much all you need to know. If you like that style of turn-based combat, you will probably enjoy this for a while. Don't expect the tactical depth of Xcom here, though. This is a…”
“A poor man's X-com with Blood Bowl vibes. Not bad but not great and the bar is high with all the other options out there. It's just not worth my limited play time. If you're not already burned out on this type of game,…”
7 of the 81 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“[i]Showgunners[/i] is a surprisingly good title that blends a good chunk of what makes the [i]XCOM[/i] series special, at least in terms of tactical turn-based combat, with an almost-believable murder-centric television…”
“Offers you a character exclusive weapon to buy for most of your money. A minute or so later said character dies in a cutscene. The game has other minor hiccups and dry stretches I made myself push through, but this was…”
“The smarter you get, the more addicting it is. The pacing is odd with getting new challengers but finding the ones that work for your playstyle is pretty easy. The levels are pretty neat, too. 7.8/10”
7 of the 81 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“X-com combat, but instead of it being randomly generated it's set levels. The levels are set up somewhat like a puzzle game...but not all the way. Continual introduction of new enemy types and companions keeps the game…”
“Short lived (I completed it in 14 hours including the DLC) but heaps of fun and worth your time.”
“Short and sweet. Not perfect but a fun little TBT. Would love to see a sequel expand bit more on RPG elements as well just more areas/enemy types.”
6 of the 81 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Combat mechanics ok, some nice puzzles. Story exists, but only exists.”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I genuinely love the idea of this game. The sad fact is that it's like any other tactical, turn-based shooter - the bad guys can shoot through walls and hit you from impossible angles and through doors (I was two blocks…”
“I can't recommend this game, as despite having no glaring flaw, it has many minor annoyances and nonsensical mechanics that should have been caught in testing. For example, when playing iron man mode, the game clearly…”
Counted across 81 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I came for a dose of "This will tide me over to the X-com 3 announcecment" copium. I stayed for excellent tactical combat with a dash of puzzle solving and a dystopian setting.”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“This is probably the closest we're ever going to get to Dungeon Crawler Carl the game, but a lots here - tactical combat, explosives, sarcastic announcers, annoying fans, weapons painted lurid colours and lots of traps! The combat arenas are small and tight - good for a quick…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“If you loved and are familiar with the combat aspect of games like XCOM 2, ShowGunners has next to no learning curve. It feels like a direct clone, in a great way. This game has a lot of great things going for it: +Colorful, fun art style +Engaging, squad based, tactical,…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
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Sumerian Six - our new RTT game!
Greetings contestants, We're thrilled to let you know that a demo of our upcoming real-time tactics game, Sumerian Six, is available on Steam now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1429850/Sumerian_S
Showgunners is verified on deck
Breaking news: “Showgunners” is officially verified for the Steam Deck! You can now experience our turn-based brutal reality game show of the future on this portable gaming PC, bringing the action and
Showgunners x Steam Awards
Another year, another season of The Steam Awards. 2023 was to games what 1999 was to films: very good. There is just *so* much to love about the titles released this year, which is why we are deeply h
SteamDeck issues
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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.
| Player tags | Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Action · Sci-fi · Strategy · Isometric · Top-Down · Singleplayer · Dystopian · 1990's (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 54 |
| Official site | https://www.showgunners.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 4 GB / Radeon RX 570 4 GB