Gunlocked
Fair · Roguelike · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.6h 28.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.39/hr
- Reviews
- 86% of 517 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 8 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GT710/AMD RX550. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 38 times in the 4 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 8 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 34 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea ($0.99, scores 61) beats it on value, while it beats Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot ($4.99, scores 49).
More about Gunlocked
Of the 356 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 130 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 3.6 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 28, 7.8 times as much.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 3.6 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
65% start to 11% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I imagine it must be difficult to have a shooter feel distinct, but this one definitely does it for me. Small tight play sessions that start off slow, but then crank up the heat near the end of the second and throughout the third segments of a zone playthrough. It's all in the weapons - it's fun working within their limitations, and because it also means a limited range, this game wants you take full advantage of...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game is better than most AAA slip on the market. I play just about every survivors style bullet hell retro style game ever and this one is at the top. It's tough, simple yet crazy deep with the upgrades and power ups. Not to mention the characters and their perks, equipment etc I was searching this game to refer a good friend of mine when I noticed they have DLC for this game - and a Gunlocked 2 already out...
I love Shmups, i love roguelikes / survivor style games. Gunlocked sound like it's tailor made for my tastes but no matter how much i tried, it just doesn't click for me. It's biggest issue are its weapon designs. The vast majority of weapon types are just cumbersome to actually use. They're extremely restrictive, feel woefully underpowered and due to their often awkward shooting intervals / cooldowns are rarely...
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Cite this score
Gunlocked scores 60/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1512480/gunlockedReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.