GORN 2
GORN 2
Game
Game2019
GORN
Developer Free Lives
Gorn (stylized as GORN) is a 2019 virtual reality hack and slash video game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The player is a gladiator who fights opponents to death in arena using weapons at their disposal. The game was launched in early access in 2016, and had a full release on July 18, 2019 for Microsoft Windows. A PlayStation VR version released in 2020 and an Oculus Quest port followed… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
239 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
138 positive · 18 negative
95% range 82–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 138 | 18 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 15 | 2 | 58 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
6,645 of 7,060 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 142 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 160 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (7,730 of 8,226 positive).
Players find GORN hilariously violent and physically engaging, often injuring themselves or their surroundings. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game can become repetitive and has frustrating controls or physics. [4][5][6] A few posters mention motion sickness or limited content as drawbacks. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Quite possibly one of the most hyped, covered and reviewed VR game currently available. The premise is enticing, systematically dismantle your opponents into their respective pieces and imagine the game is an entire stress ball that you don't have to clean up afterwards, brilliant! And everyone seems to think so. Personally, I find it's borderline insufferable. The difficulty scaling is a joke, you go from a half …
- [1]
You're either a Blade & Sorcery guy or a GORN guy I like to flail my arms around like an idiot and injure myself as much as I injure my enemies
- [10]
Everything in this game can be solved with violence. Still absolutely worth adding to any VR gamer library (2025). This title has aged well in the VR-sphere of games due to its stylized graphics and well-working mechanics. It's more of a fun take on the gladiator lifestyle, so even being gory and violent, it won't have you questioning your sanity... too much. Recommend for getting rid of negative vibes or getting a …
- [2]
Actually degloved (look it up, just dont look at pictures) my finger, puching a closet door. 10/10
- [3]
punched a whole in my wall. 10/10 would break my hand again
Summarised from 34 of the 226 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked GORN talk about fun, cathartic violence and great stress relief; those who didn't talk about repetitive gameplay and poor difficulty scaling. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Gorn received "generally favorable" to "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic. The PSVR version received “mixed to average reviews.”” UploadVR's Jamie Feltham gave the game a positive review, writing that, "It's a game of violent experimentation, discovering what twisted new means of punishment you can dish out with each passing weapon. Not everything is an effective killing machine but, more importantly, they're mostly a heck of a lot of fun to use." He was more mixed on the game's lack of content, "And yet, for all the laughs, you can't help but wish there was something a little meatier here. You can see through Gorn's handful of levels in a few hours." Jordan Devore of…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 239 · most liked firstGot a little Halloween Sale running during Steam Screamfest! Look Outside 30% off GORN 2 20% off Cult of the Lamb 50% off Carrion 80% off Inscryption 60% off And Stories Untold is 99 cents! Trust us, you have to play that game. 👻
neutral · AI labelView post →"GORN 2 is a must-play VR title and has been pulling me back into the VR medium. Between hilarious combat and a weird story, GORN 2 is incredible." 10/ 10 @cgmagazine.bsky.social www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/...
neutral · AI labelView post →And of all things, Gorn (the VR barbarian game) just got me falling down a rabbit hole. Did you know that there's an annual linguistics community contest on YouTube to create and showcase the most cursed constructed language? Here's one about the language & culture of extradimensional cyborg trees
neutral · AI labelView post →Lego Star Trek. Obvs, best thing ever. I want: click-on Pike and Kirk hair; smiling minifig redshirts; bare-chested Khan; Captain Sulu with tea; Janeway with coffee; many different heads for Klingons; non-smiling Sisko; Enterprise bridge set; a PC game; a Gorn with clamp hands. #StarTrek #Lego
neutral · AI labelView post →Star Trek: The Game (2013) [1] Gorn
neutral · AI labelView post →Because sometimes you want to play a new game with fancy next-gen graphics... and sometimes you just want to kill some Gorn. #StarTrekOnline
neutral · AI labelView post →I love that fact that the devs of Broforce and Gorn made this game.
neutral · AI labelView post →it's cat from the hit game GORN
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 05: Abduction #SciFiPremise Arena Not only Kirk, but the enigmatic Gorn captain are abducted so that the Metrons can settle their argument. Kirk doesn’t play the game to their conclusion though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Actually degloved (look it up, just dont look at pictures) my finger, puching a closet door. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You're either a Blade & Sorcery guy or a GORN guy I like to flail my arms around like an idiot and injure myself as much as I injure my enemies
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Biggies & deep cuts 5. Gorn bone game- SNW Terrarium 4. Auto antonyms- DSC Through the Valley of Shadows 3. Chess for hot dog money montage- SNW Tomorrow 3x 2. Travis & Fargons with melons ENT Stigma 1. EXPERIENCE BIJ! LOW Farewell to Farms (VHS Board Game) Secondary Systems Kal-toh VOY Alter Ego
neutral · AI labelView post →[Species 8472](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_8472) Are ready to mingle but not with filthy humans [Gorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorn) Actually kinda but not in a particularly fun way unless you get off on the idea of roleplaying as a gremlin in a shower
neutral · AI labelView post →1.beat 3 men to death with a bat full of spikes 2.buy gorn 3.rip out a guys heart with a fencing sword 4. play gorn
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →punched a whole in my wall. 10/10 would break my hand again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →what instead of gorn it was porn and instead of guys bleeding there were girls having menstruation blood
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →punched a man into outer space thought he wasn't coming back last thing i see before i quit is his falling corpse 10/10 best game ever
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Star Trek (360/PS3/PC, Digital Extremes, 2013) A whole new adventure in the Kelvin timeline, dealing with the Gorn. While it's quite buggy, it's a really fun game filed with lots of enjoyable dialogue between Kirk and Spock. (Read Full Review)
neutral · AI labelView post →threw my controller across my house trying murder a shirtless man with a baseball bat 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's awesome! Exactly as advertised. Played with a treadmill, worked like a charm. Can't wait to build enough stamina to play more than half an hour at a time. Salute and fight!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*new Star Trek ascendancy Game found drops* Me: oh hey, nice! Oh. Can't do 149.00 for just the new factions in a game I hardly play anymore. Let's see what they... Wait... *that Gorn Starbase is from Starfleet Command 2!*
neutral · AI labelView post →Looks like the glitchy-ness of whatever happened on my Gorn stream didn't stick around into my Helldivers stream. So maybe it's just with that game? I'll need to try it out again or with another VR game. Maybe that'll be my Thursday and/or Friday stream later this week...?
neutral · AI labelView post →They could have made a game with Ro Laren changing a Gorn baby diaper and I would have bought it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just rediscovered this 2013 trailer for the Star Trek video game, featuring Shatner and a Gorn facing up to the fact that they're not as young as they used to be. It's... well, it's pretty great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnB...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hopefully STARFLEET ACADEMY being this good gets STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLD to up their game for the next two seasons, after a disappointing season 3 full of misfires. The Gorn stuff was exhausting. -___-
neutral · AI labelView post →One best VR game u can experience!! it can get boring real fast though
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite possibly one of the most hyped, covered and reviewed VR game currently available. The premise is enticing, systematically dismantle your opponents into their respective pieces and imagine the game is an entire stress ball that you don't have to clean up afterwards, brilliant! And everyone seems to think so. Personally, I find it's borderline insufferable. The difficulty scaling is a joke, you go from a half dozen opponents to fighting literal armoured giants in the span of six levels,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought it on sale thinking I'd have a few mins of fun. But it turned out to be one of the best VR experiences IMO. Worth every penny. Devolver doesn't miss
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great to see another supported customer of mine go public with their next #VR game in development. GORN 2 and TMNT, a busy year for Cortopia (Beyond Frames)
neutral · AI labelView post →wife beating simulator
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything in this game can be solved with violence. Still absolutely worth adding to any VR gamer library (2025). This title has aged well in the VR-sphere of games due to its stylized graphics and well-working mechanics. It's more of a fun take on the gladiator lifestyle, so even being gory and violent, it won't have you questioning your sanity... too much. Recommend for getting rid of negative vibes or getting a bit of cardio in - and going in without weapons also a decent boxing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE GAME PAY GORN ?????????
neutral · AI labelView post →7 years ago today the “Gorn to Be Wild” trivia team nearly won 1st place in a Star Trek trivia game (hosted by Travis Richey, Inspector Spacetime!) We were beat by people who literally wrote the episode in the question! I will never forget Geordie's dad was an Exozoologist.
neutral · AI labelView post →Also, I love that we exist in a timeline where one can say, with no sarcasm whatsoever: "DRESSMAKER is a cosy clothing-creation game from the creators of BROFORCE, ANGER FOOT, GENITAL JOUSTING and GORN 1 and 2". 😆
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been playing: Hotdogs, Horseshoes, and Handgrenades (looking forward to 2 coming) Elite: Dangerous DCS World Derail Valley Pavlov Contractors (Battlefront mod FTW) Beat Saber MechWarrior 5 (modded) Phasmophobia Tribe XR (sometimes in conjunction with VRChat) War Thunder Assetto Corsa Project Cars 2 SUPERHOT Pistol Whip Waltz of the Wizard Games I haven't played in a while, but I recommend: Sprint Vector (I need people to race against) GORN Battle…
neutral · AI labelView post →i absolutely appreciated this game i think the idea of having strong and bulky men trying to murder me in an arena is a good a good idea i want to buy the second game but i am way too poor but i can only recommend for its age it is very advanced
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GORN is an awesome game, prob my third favorite vr game, I think my sweet spot for vr games are the ones like hypedome and superhot. only problem is content for it being those boss rooms you go, LOVED it, but too few, GORN is more of an arcade game I guess, sadly it does not suit me anymore, even though I really wanna spend more time in it I just can`t I need a thing to drive me, in this case was those "levels", the gameplay is smooth, walking is weird but cool ig, physics a little janky…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost broke my monitor and finger and screamed my lungs out but overall the game is a 10/10. Except for that damn crab🦀🦀🦀.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game night! Where we answer the question "Can a Gorn be a gym bro?" Let's go! #ttrpg #ttrpgsky #Rpg #StarTrek #StarTrekAdventures #Modiphius
neutral · AI labelView post →Those who complained "They had a time crunch! They had no time to play games!" obviously aren't gamers. Gaming is a good way to keep the mind sharp and build trust between people. Ortegas and the Gorn pilot knew exactly what they were doing! #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm running a ST game in Fate, around S3 DS9 but near Cestus. Because of @dragoncobolt.bsky.social's critiques of SNW my fanon is Gorn a) adopt traits of the parasitized like sentience and empathy and b) are desperate to find alternative reproduction before they attain enough empathy to suicide.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rip and tear until its done... wait wrong game. eh it still applies
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →spent hours fighting endless floating heads and dudes in the last level of Gorn only to find out youre supposed to hit the pillars in the back of the arena that have never been interactable before in the game
negative · AI labelView post →I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT PEOPLE I LIKE TO HIT…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really repetitive gameplay which is fine but it's not really fun, the final boss is awful and really soured the experience. the physics are a nightmare to deal with, honestly just buy blade and sorcery or hellsplit arena.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Gorn are like...a playable race in star trek online video game, it's still having content made for it. These aren't mysterious unknown things though. Weird.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's some new scraper or AI tool that's led to me receiving three emails this past week about how I "build VR gladiator games" My portfolio's most recent work was the marketing website for GORN 2. Apparently the tools aren't smart enough to realize I made the website, not the game
neutral · AI labelView post →Punched my wall when hitting a shirtless man. Great experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kinda funny, kinda goofy. DO NOT BUY for over $10. $15 if you feel like being generous.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont play this ♥♥♥♥♥ game, only gore noobs play this trash
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Balance of Terror? Monster Episode The Gorn one? Fun little game! Mirror Mirror? There's an evil Kirk again City on the Edge of Forever? The Monster is your personal empathy =3
neutral · AI labelView post →Great and fun. Don't be discouraged by the horrible, default movement system--you can easily change it in settings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far so good, played it until my quest ran out of battery. (And punched my closet 4 or 5 times.)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gorn 2 came out of nowhere on PSVR2! Well here is my review! If you're a fan of the original Gorn game then you're going to want to check this out. All support is appreciated. youtu.be/SEiRutH7JbU
neutral · AI labelView post →I punched my wall
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Publisher Beyond Frames Entertainment and GORN series developer Cortopia Studios have announced virtual reality action adventure game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City for SteamVR and Quest…
neutral · AI labelView post →.r,v;fkrvkkfvkmkgvkfvijvfjfvfjfhdcgdxydxdyfcfkgbljy;jmj;jnbg;gb. ogt
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wish I can enjoy this game. Will induce nausea if you get motion sickness. I barely even made it to the first arena because of nausea. If I could play it, I'd never leave. Pity I can't play it. I give it a thumbs up because the videos I've seen of this game look fantastic. Only wish I could get into the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New videos out NOW where i play a gladiator game called GORN youtu.be/Y8ip00ezS00 youtu.be/rVt246x3HOk
neutral · AI labelView post →18. Neon by Ekaterina Gorn and Igor Sklyuev A combat game in which you battle Fighters of other companies while exploring various Sectors of the city and searching for new weapons and armor. boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
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