The Gunk on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The Gunk is an action-adventure game in which you play as Rani, part of our duo of gritty space haulers. As they’re struggling to bring in funds, they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. They came in search of valuable resources, and it looks like they’ve hit the jackpot…

The Gunk is a action-adventure, atmospheric and sci-fi game developed by Image & Form Games and published by Thunderful Publishing.
Released on April 29th 2022 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 2,588 reviews of which 2,226 were positive and 362 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.58€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified The Gunk into these genres:

Action-Adventure Atmospheric Sci-fi Family Friendly 3D Platformer Relaxing Space Female Protagonist Third Person Exploration Colorful Adventure Controller Linear Metroidvania Story Rich Singleplayer Nature Narrative Action

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System requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
Processor: AMD FX-6100/Intel i3-3220 or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 11 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

Very sweet and relaxing adventure/puzzle game for a few evenings. Cleaner simulator with a vacuum cleaner. The grind for plants and materials is just so satisfying. At the same time — beautiful landscapes, great character voice acting, an interesting and heartwarming story. Pleasant sounds in the menu and the game itself. The process of cleaning up the world brings some strange satisfaction. Perfectionists will appreciate it. Runs great on Steam Deck with high settings. Took a lot of cool screenshots.

March 2025

This game was exactly what I've been longing for, specifically *because* of the things that other people have complained about. Playing it was familiar and comfortable, reminiscent of any number of classic games that I've played over and over again, but it still gave me the new game experience that I can't get out of re-re-re-playing an old favorite anymore. The action and puzzle elements were challenging enough to to keep me engaged, which was a lovely oasis in a sea of games made by and for hyper-competitive edgelords who think "unforgiving" and "hardcore" are the only things that make a game worth playing. I just wish there had been MORE of it.

Jan. 2025

I loved this game, haha. I think I understand the criticism -- it is not a highly technical platformer -- but, I don't think it's trying to be. This is a cozy+ game. There's some difficulty (monsters that require different attack strategies, puzzles, etc) but there are absolutely no punishing mechanics (you can fall whenever without taking damage, you need to get hit a ton of times for it to kill you, upgrades are easy to get as long as you are exploring the world, etc) What this game lacks in mechanics, it makes up for in ambiance, story development, and voice acting. This was a super cozy -- play it all weekend while you get over a cold -- game. Highly recommend for people who are looking to (very) mildly spice up their cozy game library.

Nov. 2024

Beautiful game! Had a really fun time with it..plus the soundtrack is an absolute gem! For anyone interested you can get it for small money via bandcamp... https://ratvader.bandcamp.com/album/the-gunk-original-game-soundtrack And yeah the game has it´s minor flaws and you have to get used to the movement but overall it´s double thumns up from me!

Sept. 2024

Short and sweet adventure game. Looking at 5 hours for normal play through and maybe 6 to get all the achievements. A guide is recommend as some are missable and just make sure to explore the world for all resources you come across. -For its length, it's fun enough to play in 1-2 sittings without getting repetitive -Gameplay mechanics are simple, fun and decent for the game length -Overall a very easy game -Load times and respawning is very generous -Decent graphics with very nice visual atmosphere -Decent voice acting but the dialogue is a bit meh. Didn't need some of it tbh -Plot and character deveplop is barely existent which is to be expected in a short game with probably like less than 10 cut scenes total -Worth its price but would ideally recommend on sale due to game length TL:DR: Fun short game to squeeze in between other games

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