The Gate Must Stand

Buy78%

Mostly Positive · 261 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Senmu Studio · Action Roguelike · Jun 18, 2026

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
84
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio0 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy The Gate Must Stand?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 35 sampled reviews

Based on 261 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 35 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise67% are divided0% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
16 of 35 sampled reviews raised it
The Gate Must Stand, developed by Senmu Studio and published by Gamersky Games and Yogscast Games, presents an intriguing combination of tower defense, roguelike progression, and action combat that seeks to merge several popular genres into a single battlefield experience.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay16 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
60% still recommend
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • 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.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $6.99.

10 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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