Action · November 7, 2019

Pistol Whip (2019)

trophy25 achievementsextension2 DLCgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend3.5k recommendations
Story Driven Cinematic Campaigns Smoke & Thunder A notorious gunslinger re-emerges to roam the Old West in search of her missing sister, unwinding a deep conspiracy on the cusp of the industrial revolution. It’s time to don your best cowboy hat and go guns-blazing to the wild West, where trains run amok, Tesla tech buzzes at every turn, and dynamite blasts dance across the sky. 2089 The cybernetic future is here, and it needs the perfect hero. It needs you. The 2089 campaign features a gritty sci-fi story and five linked scenes. Step into the cyber-augmented body of John Asimov, wielding a brutal new arsenal to battle an off-world plague of killer machines — all set to a sweet synthwave soundtrack. About the Game Winner of VR GOTY at the 2020 DICE Awards, this Physical FPS is fueled by dynamic tracks, dreamscape visuals, and easy to learn, tough to master gunplay. Inspired by iconic action cinema, the only thing that goes harder than this game’s soundtrack is you. Conquer the leaderboards, flow to the music with your own rhythmic patterns, or go all out as a dual-wielding deadeye with nothing to lose. An Action-Rhythm Rush. Take aim and fire on the beat as you barrel through Scene after Scene. Find your flow, rack up points, become unstoppable. The Big Gun: That’s you. Take on special Scenes inspired by iconic movies, and become deadeye legend. Limitless Additional Content. Play Remixed Scenes created by the modding community directly in-game. Absurdly Customizable. Dig into the Styles system to overhaul core mechanics to your exact preferences. Make Pistol Whip a part of your fitness routine, or tweak your loadout to fit your accessibility needs. Endless Ways To Play. Tackle over 40 unique Scenes, bag daily Contracts challenges, and compete locally with friends in Party Mode. Cinematic Campaigns. Ride into the wild, wild west with Smoke & Thunder, or face down a technicolour Robopocalypse in 2089. A Dancefloor Fever Dream. Fall into vivid fantasias, shimmering nightmares, and skylines that pulse with the beat—then blast your way back out. Songs To Get Reckless To. From Devora’s furious desert rock to the driving basslines of Apashe, this soundtrack will have you feeling invincible. Play the growing library of explosive Scenes created by the Pistol Whip modding community directly in-game. Find them in the Remixes tab!

Action releases from 2019

192 Action titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • VR · 174
  • Action · 165
  • Rhythm · 162
  • Shooter · 160
  • Arcade · 154
  • On-Rails Shooter · 148
  • Level Editor · 146
  • FPS · 143
  • Music · 140
  • Bullet Hell · 137
  • Bullet Time · 135
  • First-Person · 131
  • Assassin · 128
  • Singleplayer · 126
  • Soundtrack · 123

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.0k Steam reviewsTop 67% in Action
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 77 — top 27% of Action titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 76% for session depth among Action

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 4.0k reviews

3.8k positive · 241 negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.1/10

Curator recommendations

3.5k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stats
  • Steam Leaderboards

Input & Comfort

  • Tracked Controller Support
  • VR Only

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“A VR highlight with fast-paced rhythm shooting, an exciting soundtrack, and an enticingly abstract art style... Pistol Whip deserves to be discussed alongside Beat Saber.” 8/10 – IGN “Pistol Whip is one of the most intense, immediately gratifying action experiences, in VR or out.” Recommended – Polygon “[Pistol Whip] is already the game that brings me back to my VR headset again and again, and I expect that to be the case for months to come.” 10/10 – UploadVR

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

25

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 7, 2019
DeveloperCloudhead Games Ltd.
Base price$14.99
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

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