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Gunnheim

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46%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
38% User Score Based on 173 reviews
Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

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About Gunnheim

Gunnheim is a single player and multiplayer survival shooter game with fantasy, comedy, historical and violence themes. It was developed by Meridian4 and was released on October 16, 2015. It received positive reviews from critics and negative reviews from players.

Dish out carnage of hellish proportions in Gunnheim, a top-down co-op shooter where the equation is simple: vikings + guns = mayhem!

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38%Audience ScoreBased on 173 reviews
graphics13 positive mentions
gameplay12 negative mentions
  • Fun and challenging twin-stick shooter gameplay with a satisfying variety of weapons and boss fights.
  • Bright, colorful, and cartoony graphics with good lighting effects and gore options.
  • Good cooperative multiplayer experience supporting up to four players with scaling difficulty and enjoyable teamwork.
  • Multiplayer features are buggy or dead online, with issues in connecting, controller support, and lack of matchmaking.
  • Single-player mode is very difficult, unbalanced, and not as enjoyable, with poor AI and pacing problems.
  • Game feels unfinished and unpolished with technical issues such as lag, poor controls, lack of key remapping, inconsistent powerup drops, and repetitive content.

  • gameplay

    48 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 56% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The gameplay is widely criticized for being bland, repetitive, and plagued by control and mechanical issues, with limited content and poor solo experience. While some find the co-op and boss fights somewhat challenging and enjoyable, the overall design feels underdeveloped and lacks variety, making it feel uninspired and frustrating for many players.

    • “+ Surprisingly fun and challenging gameplay where you mainly mow down hordes of enemies and challenging bosses.”
    • “+ The end bosses of each area are surprisingly complex and require you to learn their mechanics to defeat them and are quite challenging solo.”
    • “The levels that are currently present in the game have unique mechanics that require you to adapt quickly to the situation especially considering what level comes next seems to be completely random.”
    • “The gameplay is sluggish with mouse and keyboard, and didn't work (unless you count the start and select buttons) with my Logitech controller.”
    • “The gameplay just isn't fun; health is too low, the base weapon range is too short, and dash recharge takes just a bit too long.”
    • “Loot crates are dropped randomly by enemies, but since the contents are also random, it rarely improves gameplay and often is detrimental.”

  • graphics

    35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    37% positive mentions, 52% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions

    The game's graphics receive mixed feedback, with many praising its colorful, cartoony, and clear visuals that suit the gameplay and theme well, offering a charming aesthetic and satisfying effects. However, some find the low-poly or outdated graphical quality underwhelming and unpolished, detracting from the overall experience. While the art style is generally appreciated, reviewers agree that strong graphics alone aren't enough to compensate for gameplay shortcomings.

    • “The graphics are awesome, the team effort is addictive and the game will draw you in, wanting to finish each level.”
    • “Gunnheim mixes cartoony graphics with gorey action into a beautiful blend of pure carnage.”
    • “The game does have polish for an early access title, the graphics, controls, and music are all well done.”
    • “Anyway, the low poly graphics are a let down; they're rendered nicely enough, but come on, we can do better.”
    • “Very low graphic quality even if you scroll it to 'awesome'.”
    • “The graphics just looked like a pre-alpha unpolished game.”

  • music

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 55% neutral mentions, 28% negative mentions

    The music in the game is generally well-produced and engaging, with some players finding it fun and fitting, especially the electronic soundtrack. However, many note the soundtrack is limited, repetitive, and somewhat generic, leading to it feeling boring or annoying over time. Overall, while the music complements the game, a greater variety of tracks and additional sound elements are desired.

    • “+ heart-pounding soundtrack”
    • “+ very nice electronic soundtrack”
    • “A really good, fun indie game with short levels and maybe the most engaging music I heard recently.”
    • “The soundtrack is pretty bad.”
    • “Extremely boring music.”
    • “The background music gets a bit repetitive after a while; there doesn't seem to be enough songs.”

  • humor

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor is often described as fast-paced and hilarious, especially in moments of unexpected mishaps like accidentally knocking off friends or oneself. While the gameplay is fun and addictive, some users also find the pricing humorously high compared to its appeal.

    • “Fast, funny, easy to play but hard to master!”
    • “Hilarious, but also fun and addictive.”
    • “Hilarious at times when you accidentally kill your friend or just knock yourself off a cliff.”

  • stability

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent crashes, freezes, and numerous bugs, especially in co-op mode. Users report it feels unfinished and plagued by glitches that severely impact the overall experience.

    • “It's rough, unpolished, buggy, co-op doesn't work well.”
    • “This game was very basic and had a tremendous number of glitches, program errors and bad mechanics.”
    • “There's no way something this buggy, this crash-prone is a finished product.”

  • story

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The story aspect is largely minimal or absent, with little to no narrative or objectives provided. Some users note a setup story exists but find it unengaging or irrelevant to gameplay. Overall, the focus is on gameplay rather than storytelling.

    • “There is no story or objectives to speak of.”
    • “Without no story.”
    • “Apparently there's a story that sets everything up, but I never pay attention to that nonsense.”

  • optimization

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is generally poor, with frequent performance issues such as lag and low graphical performance even on reduced settings. Controls and UI also suffer, contributing to a subpar experience that may only be worthwhile during sales.

    • “Controls seem kind of bad, hard to tell if it's just due to graphical performance being so bad even on low settings.”
    • “Bad optimization.”
    • “It is also poorly optimized; it lags and runs poorly.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers solid replayability through its hardcore and online/local co-op modes, despite its current short playtime of under an hour. Replay value is expected to increase as additional levels are added during early access.

    • “Most people should find a good deal of replayability here with the addition of hardcore and online/local co-op modes.”
    • “The game takes a little less than an hour to beat in its current form, but will continue to gain more and more replayability once more levels are introduced during the early access stage.”
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85%Critics’ scoreBased on 1 critic reviews
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Gunnheim is a survival shooter game with fantasy, comedy, historical and violence themes. Common tags for Gunnheim include indie, trading, isometric, roguelike, cartoony and others.

Gunnheim is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 1 hours playing Gunnheim.

Gunnheim was released on October 16, 2015.

Gunnheim was developed by Meridian4.

Gunnheim has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Gunnheim for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Gunnheim is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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