The Gunk

Image & Form Games · Action-Adventure · Apr 29, 2022

Player review score
No reviews

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Price
$2.76−85%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
17
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio1 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy The Gunk?

No reviews yet

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What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
155 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The Gunk is a fun exploration game with a satisfying cleaning mechanic and a beautiful world.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
154 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story kept me engaged throughout, although I found the characters themselves less interesting.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
87 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Especially when it's less than $2, but the Gunk excels in art style and nothing else.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Dialogue and voice-acting are generally adequate, so on a technical level, the game is sound.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A difficulty setting and a wider variety of enemies will make it so much better.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The overall character design is great, but the face looks odd and don’t match the rest of the game style in my opinion.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay155 reviews
Story154 reviews
Graphics87 reviews
Audio44 reviews
Difficulty26 reviews
Characters12 reviews
Steam Deck11 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Combat
76% still recommend
Performance
82% still recommend
Bugs
62% still recommend
Optimization
57% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$2.76$18.45−85%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $2.76

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