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The Great Rebellion

The Great Rebellion

The Great Rebellion is a cyberpunk 2D sidescrolling run'n'gun roguelite using mouse/twinstick-shooter controls. It features randomly generated levels, multiple difficulty modes (including optional permadeath), a dynamic soundtrack and an upgradeable player character.

Released Feb 1, 2024 Developer Kvltgames Publisher AIP Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Rogue-likeLootBullet HellCyberpunk2D
View on Steam ↗ $15.99 (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 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

96.4%positive581 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“fun though unballanced shooter its techically right wing but rather shy about anything real preffering sentiment over substance gameplaywise difficulty is highly dependant on rng with some weapons like the rave cannon trivialising even the final boss and others being very meh…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I played a lot of 2D shooters when was a midget, and playing this game takes me back to those golden ages of 2D shooter games, besides that. pick up gun. inspect gun. brain happy. shoot gun. gun go pew pew. sad head voice goes quiet. shoot enemies. increase thirst to kill more.…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Overall a very dope classic side-scroller experience in a flashy, retro, and futuristic slide-scrolling roguelike format. Sorry, maybe that was a mouth full of a description. But yeah, this game is very fun and it feels great to get better and better weapons to blow away more…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 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 2026-09-19.

49achievements
9.2%median completion
0.5%rarest: White Man Has Been Here
67.9% of players 63.4% of players 59.0% of players 46.3% of players 42.3% of players 36.1% of players 25.5% of players 24.5% of players 24.0% of players 22.0% of players 18.8% of players 17.6% of players 17.6% of players 17.4% of players 17.1% of players 15.1% of players 14.1% of players 14.0% of players 13.3% of players 12.8% of players 11.8% of players 11.0% of players 11.0% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 8.9% of players 8.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.8% of players 5.9% of players 5.7% of players 5.2% of players 4.8% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.3% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 67.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
67.9%Terminally Online — Interact with the terminal in your pod room.
63.4%"Radicalized" — Join Europa's forces in the Waldgang.
59.0%Death Where Is Thy Sting? — Be resurrected at the fountain of youth.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%White Man Has Been Here — Beat the game without upgrades in Hardcore mode.
0.5%Above Human — Beat the game in Nightmare mode without dying.
0.6%Gotta Go Fast — Beat the game in 60 minutes or less in-game time. (Intermediate difficulty or higher).

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$15.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$9.59lowest since tracking began2026-09-09
US15.99 USD
UK13.49 GBP
Australia23.50 AUD
Canada20.79 CAD
Japan1,800 JPY
Brazil49.99 BRL
China62.00 CNY

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

China≈$9.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK≈$18

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

$0 $10 $20 08-12 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.

Feb 24, 2026
Dverghold demo participating in Steam NextFest

Our new game Dverghold is part of Steam NextFest right now! Dverghold Steampage It's an old-school dungeon crawler with some modern twists - imagine a cross between Eye of the Beholder, the Doom RPG a

Dec 07, 2025
DVERGHOLD - Our Oldschool Dungeon Crawler is on Steam now!

When Nintendo banned The Great Rebellion from the eShop, it was a serious blow to us - we put a lot of time and resources into this port and didn't get anything out of it. This put us into a tight spo

Nov 22, 2025
Nintendo Cancelled The Great Rebellion Switch Port 1 Day Before Release

Our port of The Great Rebellion for the Nintendo Switch console was scheduled for release on November 21st. Then suddenly, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe pulled "The Great Rebellion: Editi

Oct 15, 2025
Serene Estates: Last Guy Is Live in Steam Next Fest!

We are currently working on multiple new games - one of them is Hyper Rebellion, the sequel to The Great Rebellion, but another one is "Serene Estates: Last Guy", which you can wishlist and play a fre

Jul 02, 2025
Crowdfunder for The Great Rebellion-sequel is live!

Following the success of our commercial debut ‘The Great Rebellion’, our small international team is now creating Hyper Rebellion: Blood & Circuits, our most ambitious project yet—a gritty twin-stick

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsRogue-like · Loot · Bullet Hell · Cyberpunk · 2D · Action · Platformer · Dystopian · Rogue-lite · Action RPG · Mythology · Action Roguelike (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German, Japanese *
Achievements49
Official sitehttps://great-rebellion.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 660M Storage: 2 GB available space