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Game description

A co-op adventure about tiny gnomes on a very big ocean. Sail from island to island, scavenge for supplies, fight strange creatures, survive whatever goes horribly wrong, and keep your ship moving toward one goal, finding the way home...

Basic info

Developeremolingodev, FireAtacck
Publisheremolingodev, FireAtacck
PlatformsWindows
Release dateSep 18, 2026
Price

Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9400F
Memory4000 MB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Storage5000 MB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 148 reviews from the past 1 year

80.8/ 100

Steam rating: Very Positive (86%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 28, 2026)

Players who sailed with friends call Grr Grr Gnomes (Demo) a chaotic, funny pirate trip, and it scores 80.8 from 148 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

64 reviews call the demo fun, and the most upvoted recommends a quick release. 46 enjoy playing together, the most upvoted praising the co-op experience with friends, and some describe a lot of laughs at sea. Multiplayer comes up in 48% of reviews with a score of +3.8. 8 mention the visuals, the most upvoted saying it looks good and runs smoothly on full graphics. Content Volume scores +0.7, and a few say they will buy it once the bugs are fixed.

👎 Where it falls short

28 reviews report bugs, the most upvoted describing a gnome that refuses to grab the ladder and NPCs that feel unrewarding; others mention items clipping out of the ship and backpack and cannon glitches. 13 point to performance, with framerate spikes, stutter and poor optimization even on strong hardware. 9 find the controls counterintuitive, citing a backpack that is hard to use, boat handling that is never explained and no mouse inversion. Tech & Support appears in 35% of reviews with a score of −0.7, and Gameplay scores −1.0.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“fun game, recommends quick release” · 64 reviews
“fun co-op experience with friends initially” · 46 reviews
“gnome refuses to grab ladder, NPCs uninteractive and unrewarding” · 28 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 23% of reviews

Controls & feel -2.69 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Negative “controls are too counterintuitive, tutorial buggy, backpack hard to use” · 9 reviews

Progression 7% · Difficulty 3% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 1% · Strategy 3%

Plot, characters and the world

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

World +0.59 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

Story 1% · Characters 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 16% of reviews

Volume +1.06 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “long playtime, incredible game” · 3 reviews
Negative “only 3 hours of new gameplay” · 5 reviews

Variety 5% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Visuals +3.20 · Graphics, art style, and animation

Audio 2%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 48% of reviews

Playing together +3.88 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “fun co-op experience with friends initially” · 46 reviews

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 2%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 5% of reviews

Balance -0.08 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “shark abuse at sheriff needs fixing” · 3 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 2% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 35% of reviews

Stability -0.60 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “gnome refuses to grab ladder, NPCs uninteractive and unrewarding” · 28 reviews

Performance 12% · Developer support 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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