Son of a Gun

Shooter· Action· Top-Down Shooter· Shoot 'Em Up

Released Oct 2024

A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.

72% positive · 143 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

Son of a Gun launched on Steam and GOG on October 22, 2024, following a Nintendo Switch release on October 11, 2024. The game shipped as a complete, self-contained twin-stick shooter with a full single-player campaign, 6 playable characters, 8 bosses, and over 20 enemy types across multiple planets. A minor polish patch (1.0.2) released the day after launch on October 23, 2024, addressing performance and gameplay feel — the last developer communication on record. There are no DLC listings, no announced future content, no roadmap, and no post-launch content updates of any kind. The 28 posts scanned consist almost entirely of pre-launch promotional material, the launch announcement, and sales/discount events — none of which indicate plans for additional content. With no update activity since October 23, 2024 and no history of post-launch content releases, the game appears to have shipped as a finished product with no further content development communicated.

Evidence

Son of a Gun launched on Steam on October 22, 2024 as a complete package with all advertised features: 6 characters, 8 bosses, 7 gun classes, and a full campaign.

news post · Oct 22, 2024 source content shipped

high

Update 1.0.2 released the day after launch, delivering performance improvements and bug fixes. This is the last developer communication on record.

news post · Oct 23, 2024 source development ending

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Crank Goblin

Publisher

Untold Tales

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Action Top-Down Shooter Shoot 'Em Up Arcade Shooter Twin Stick Shooter 2D Cartoony Hand-drawn Top-Down Aliens Destruction Futuristic Military Old School

About this game

A retro-inspired twin-stick shooter like they made back in the day. Guns, blood, and gore all in one nostalgia-looking package.

Son of a Gun is an intense action packed top down shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns and grenades to fight swarming bugs, gigantic robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts. Select one of 6 characters and upgrade them while progressing through the single player campaign. Overwhelming enemies can be sometimes dealt with by the prototype time-bending device.

You are Son of a Gun - an interplanetary mercenary working for the Sons of a Gun organization. You’re called always when firepower matters and something needs to be solved by force. While being on a vacation on a tropical planet you’re just received a phone call from the SOAG Command Center…

You'll have plenty of guns in 7 different classes at your disposal. Grab pistols, shotguns, SMG's, rifles, plasma guns, sniper rifles, or rocket launchers - you're defining your own playstyle. Don't forget about grenades - gear up with your favorite grenade type - cluster, force, explosive, implosive…

You'll fight in the heart of the distant planets with versatile biomes. Each with their own unique environment and challenges - reach a target area, unlock base gates, download data from data-pylons or survive the horde's attack.

Face over 20 different enemy types with swarming bugs, zombie-like creatures, auto-turrets, gigantic robots, horrific degenerations, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.