The Gunk

Image & Form Games / Apr 29, 2022 / Action, Adventure

windows
Steam Deck Playable

15 playing now

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…

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What's new

The Gunk - Fixes and Improvements Patch (Patch Notes)

2022-05-25

Greetings Adventurers, We have just released a new update fixing some translation issues, bug fixes, and improved performance. Down below, you can find the full changelog! Changelog: • Rani’s name and some special characters are now displayed correctly in the subtitles of some translations. • Fixed some smaller translation issues. • Fixed a bug where the Vibration settings did not update properly. • Fixed a rare crash in the settings menu. • Improved performance.

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What players say

Very Positive

85% positive, 2,563 reviews

Recommended4 hrs played

Considering this game usually goes for 1 euro while on sale I didn't expect much but I was pleasantly surprisied. To be blunt, it's not exactly the most thrilling experience out there, the whole premise is scan this, take that resource and clean the annoying gunk. The visuals and atmosphere are the highlights, the story is okay and the rest is kinda meh. Once again, can't really complain for the price.

44 found this helpful, 2026-02-18

Not recommended4 hrs played

This game does a lot of new age game design sins: 'did I just do that?!' type dialogue, yellow ledges to denote where to jump and climb, all alongside a plot more predictable than yesterday's weather. I would have let all of that go since the environments look nice and the gameplay is actually kind of relaxing, but then I ran into a major softlock. I didn't set up the beacon in the ruins since I wasn't really using...

31 found this helpful, 2025-11-05

Recommended9 hrs played

The Gunk ( basically the bubbly stuff in the game ) is an alright little game to pass a few relaxing hours. Its visuals are the main attraction as they range from beautiful and colorful sceneries all the way to dark and ominous ones. The story is shallow and the dialogues are tasteless most of the times. The gameplay is fluid and it's mostly about gathering stuff to upgrade your glove, while the same time there is...

26 found this helpful, 2025-11-14