Giving your newly launched game away for free is a bold strategy, and it’s led to some dramatic results for co-op action roguelike Guntouchables. Built by Game Swing and published by Deep Rock Galactic studio Ghost Ship, it’s a vicious apocalypse survival shooter about a group of preppers trying to fight back against an evolving mutant horde. Bringing together elements of Enter the Gungeon, The Binding of Isaac, and Hades, it was available totally for free on launch day. During its 24-hour giveaway period, it racked up an incredible two million players, and the good news is that you won’t need to break the bank to join them.
“The entire world has fallen and the surface has been overrun by a hostile and aggressively evolving horde of mutants.” As one of the ragtag Guntouchables, you’ll blast your way through ever-more-dangerous enemies, grabbing all manner of guns and upgrades to meet the challenges ahead. These come via the ‘choose between three things’ method familiar in many of the best roguelikes, and Game Swing says it plans to build on this moving forward. “Guntouchables is designed to be a heavily and easily expandable experience, and any content additions will increase the possible outcomes and combinations exponentially.”
“Launching for free for 24 hours was a huge bet for us, and we are thrilled to announce that more than two million players claimed the game,” Game Swing reveals. It says the response “has blown all our expectations for getting the game off the ground.” If you’re having a good time with Guntouchables so far and want to contribute something, there is a supporter pack DLC available for $4.99 / £4.49 that gives you special outfits for its main characters.
Sad that you missed out on the free giveaway? If your friends are calling on you to try the co-op game with them, don’t worry. At just $4.99 / £4.49 for the base game, you still won’t be too out of pocket. Game Swing says its current priorities are additional server regions for Asia and Australia, and the ability to select a preferred region in the server list. Then it will work on introducing the option to play co-op without bots if you have two or three players, improving the in-game communication options, and fixing inactive players blocking the flow of games.
If you’re after more things you won’t need to pay for, here are the best free Steam games in 2025. For more high-octane thrills, try the best action games.
You can follow us on Google News for daily PC games news, reviews, and guides. We’ve also got a vibrant community Discord server, where you can chat about this story with members of the team and fellow readers.