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Gunman Clive
Developer Hörberg Productions
Gunman Clive, released in Japan as Gunman Story (Japanese: ガンマンストーリー), is a platform game developed and published by Swedish development studio Hörberg Productions. It was first released for Android on 2 April 2012. The game follows Clive, a lone gunslinger in a futuristic Wild West, as he tries to save the mayor's daughter from a group of technologically well-armed bandits. In 2015, a sequel, Gunman Clive 2, was… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
210 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
163 positive · 29 negative
95% range 79–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 163 | 29 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
365 of 416 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 162 yes, 29 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 191 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (697 of 797 positive).
Players praise Gunman Clive as a short but sweet retro-style action platformer with a Mega Man feel. [1][2][3] Many reviewers highlight its beautiful hand-drawn art style and low price as major strengths. [1][4][5] Some players criticize the game for sluggish controls, repetitive gameplay, and lack of checkpoints. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
Gunman Clive is fairly dull. Everything about the game feels repetitive, the stages, enemies, music. I don't recommend this game.
- [1]
This game is pretty nice. It will remind you of a lot of old classic shooters such as Megaman as well as Contra. Think Megaman in western setting. The game itself is pretty short takes around one and a half hour to beat in normal mode. There's boss fights every 5 rounds and total of 4 bosses. 20 stages and they're not that long. Everytime you die you start at the beginning of the stage. Graphics - This sort of has a …
- [4]
This game deserves to be purchased for so many reasons. For one it's only $2. Which is insane. Two, it has a great replayability. There are three characters with different play styles that really change the way the game is played so beat it then rebeat it again. Three, the gameplay is perfect. No trouble with the controls, the power ups are great, and the bosses are fun and challenging. Four, the art style is …
- [11]
Gunman Clive is quite short but very challenging, with great wild west style. I beat it in an hour and a half, wish this game was longer.
- [2]
Super short but sweet retro style action platformer. Three characters to play through a less than one hour campaign, but it's pretty well done. It's a fairly simple game but still provides a good bit of challenge. The controls are solid, the power ups are fun, and the art style is nicely done despite it's simple appearance. Great little game for just a couple bucks!
Summarised from 34 of the 209 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Gunman Clive talk about beautiful hand-drawn art style; those who didn't talk about sluggish movement and jumping controls. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Gunman Clive received generally positive reviews after its release from both mainstream and video game journalists. The gameplay, art and style were praised by Destructoid, which said that its major flaws are its short length, game freezes during the second boss fight, and sometimes inappropriate soundtrack. Destructoid also noted that the game takes many ideas from the Mega Man series. Destructoid described it as "a steal at $2" and said that "fans of 2D action platformers need to check it out. If Hörberg Productions is ever graced with the opportunity to develop a mainline Mega Man game, I'm confident that fans of the series would be happy with the results." IGN described it as "a brief…
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Reactions
60 of 210 · most liked firstSuper short but sweet retro style action platformer. Three characters to play through a less than one hour campaign, but it's pretty well done. It's a fairly simple game but still provides a good bit of challenge. The controls are solid, the power ups are fun, and the art style is nicely done despite it's simple appearance. Great little game for just a couple bucks!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is pretty nice. It will remind you of a lot of old classic shooters such as Megaman as well as Contra. Think Megaman in western setting. The game itself is pretty short takes around one and a half hour to beat in normal mode. There's boss fights every 5 rounds and total of 4 bosses. 20 stages and they're not that long. Everytime you die you start at the beginning of the stage. Graphics - This sort of has a design which looks like hand drawn (not sure if it actually is). The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game deserves to be purchased for so many reasons. For one it's only $2. Which is insane. Two, it has a great replayability. There are three characters with different play styles that really change the way the game is played so beat it then rebeat it again. Three, the gameplay is perfect. No trouble with the controls, the power ups are great, and the bosses are fun and challenging. Four, the art style is beautiful. It's a western and the coloring and penciled look applies so well. Really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's my first #NintendoSwitch #indiegame highlight for this week! 🎮👍🏼 Game - Gunman Clive HD Collection Developer - @bertilhorberg.bsky.social Publisher - Hörberg Productions Release date - January 17, 2019
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favorite things I played the year I got it. All three characters play completely different from one another, and the game is so enjoyable you'll want to replay to try them out. A fantastic package for almost no money. Make no mistake, this is the Gunman Clive of 3D platformers. 9/10
positive · AI labelView post →Gunman Clive is a 2D Action Platformer, a good example of what to expect from the gameplay is something akin to Megaman 1~3 and Darkwing Duck NES. From the screenshots you may think the game might be difficult to play due to its colour pallete, but the game's presentation makes it easy to know what objects you can jump on, etc. Some enemies are also coloured differently to make it easy for the player to anticipate and shoot down. The game consists of 16 levels and each level can be beaten in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive is fairly dull. Everything about the game feels repetitive, the stages, enemies, music. I don't recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What I've learned over the years is that how a game feels is key to its success. People will put up with a stiff or janky game for all sorts of reasons, but you generally don't have to coax them into sticking with a game that simply feels right. Gunman Clive is just such a game, one that is completely familiar and welcoming from the moment you start it. It's such a fine fit, in fact, that you may be surprised at how much you miss it when it's over. You play as the aforementioned Gunman Clive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I first found this game on Steam and watched the trailers I like it a lot. I liked platformers ever since I was kid. But I barely remember how hard some of them are and could take up to a week to master because there were not saves in most of them. But back onto Gunman Clive. I was collecting tons of platformers in my wishlist just in time for another Steam sale. So when I rushed to buy it but didn't have a change to played until now. After a long coding session I decided that it was time…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive is quite short but very challenging, with great wild west style. I beat it in an hour and a half, wish this game was longer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive HD collection (or 1 & 2 back to back on steam) is legitimately one of the best 2D platforming experiences I’ve had but also what the FUCK is this character design dawg 😭 Game IS from 2012, and thankfully u can just not see this design by not picking him but still like
positive · AI labelView post →Not Steam but, GunMan Clive was a great platformer on 3Ds, had a gorgeous art style and the best usage of the 3D-Effect i've ever seen. The game was 99c, **not on a sale 99c normally**, absolutely wild
positive · AI labelView post →Very good game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not recent game, but I love how Gunman Clive 2 doesn't reset the music everytime you die. It's such a great soundtrack that deserves to be enjoyed in it's entirety
positive · AI labelView post →This game is fine. There's nothing wrong with it, but there's nothing particularly good about it either. It's just alright. Get it if you want something simple and cheap to play for an hour.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2¢ Review Game Name: Gunman Clive Original Release: 02 April 2012 My Overall Grade (#/10): 6 Demo: No (at least for PC) Workshop: No Level Editor: No Captions: No Controller Support: Yes Multiplayer: No VR Support: No Steam Cards / Achieves: No / Yes VAC: No Genre: Side Scroller, Western, Manual: No, but some adequate guides on steam Walkthrough: Yes on steam and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A couple of good ideas here and there. The game feels VERY cheap. Furthermore the gameplay goes something like this: You die until you figure out the way you're supposed to not die. Then you win like it wasn't even a challenge in the first place. Total garbage.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What's a game that you played, but you feel like you're the ONLY one who's played it? Haven't heard many people talk about this fun but challenging boss rush action game by @bertilhorberg.bsky.social the developer of the Gunman Clive games, this game is awesome so definitely check it out 👍🏼
neutral · AI labelView post →A small cowboy adventure. Story: You play as Clive. A group of bandits have kidnapped mayor Johnson's daughter and as the fastest gun in the west, you set out to save her and stop the unruly outlaws. There's not much story here, there's a basic set up to give you a goal you have to reach and that's about it. It's very similar to the arcade-y games of the past akin to something like Sunset Riders, just a slightly different gameplay style. It's a simplistic little side scrolling adventure, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The 3DS eShop peaked with this game, and then peaked again with Gunman Clive 2 :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can play as a duck 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having never previously come across the Gunman Clive games, I took a change on buying this based on a recommendation, given its low price - and playing through this first game of the series has been a pleasant surprise. Gunman Clive is a fairly simple, but polished, run-and-gun platformer/shooter, similar to the Mega Man games in gameplay but with a Wild West theme. Controls are responsive and the level design always feels fair, with near-instant retries available upon death minimising any…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The kids of the folks that made A-Ha's "Take On Me" video made a cowboy game heavily influenced by the NES Mega Man and Contra games, and what came out was a modern classic. For 2 bucks it's the steal of the damn century. Why do you gotta shoot ducks though? So cruel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It could have been good.... Nice, stylized graphics, but the gameplay is horrible. Sluggish jumping and movement makes it occasionally difficult to land on a moving platform, bad guys knock you backwards when they shoot you, so you can fall off platforms. You kill an enemy, walk forward then get shot from off screen because the baddie you already killed has reappeared and worst of all, if you die, you start the level from the beginning, no checkpoints. Maybe the second one will be better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple. Fun. Classic-style gameplay. Dope soundtrack. $2. Recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →simple music, graphics and gameplay easy minimalistic jump/shoot controls fun, short but action packed levels good variety of levels, enemies and bosses doesn't make the game play feel repetitive challenges you but doesn’t frustrate you balance of everything recommend it for a few hours of fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There were several points in this game where I though to myself, "this reminds me of Mega Man." The controls are easy (even if Clive has a slippery feel to his movements), the levels are short yet challenging and it's a good diversion for when you want to kill some time, but not too much time. Only downside is the lack of controller support, or a two player option. But after seeing some of the later designed levels you'll understand why this is a single player game. WAAAAAAAYY better than…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's old style Megaman, right down to the annoying disappearing block puzzles. It looks nice, and the music's decent, but it's really short. Skip it unless you really want to play cowboy Megaman.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive, developed and published by Hörberg Productions, is a deceptively simple yet artfully crafted side-scrolling platformer that channels the spirit of classic run-and-gun games while establishing a style and rhythm entirely its own. Set in a whimsical interpretation of the Wild West, it tells the straightforward story of a lone gunslinger on a mission to rescue the mayor’s kidnapped daughter. While that setup might sound like a relic of the 8-bit era, the execution is anything but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I originally played "Gunman Clive" all the way back on the 3DS and am happy to say I still enjoy the game today. The levels are varied and visually connect from one area to the other (ie. Sonic 3), which I love in games. An overall simple but lovely experience. 3/5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a hard time reviewing this game. For one side i like it, i like the graphics, it's a throwback arcade game with lots of heart. On the other side the controls are awful, the character is slow as all hell, the bosses are difficult only because of the fact that the character is slow (i played on hard, maybe on easy or normal the thing is more manageable). I give a positive review, but the frustration of the bosses due to the sluggish of the character made me really think hard on that. Now…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nyaaa I remember playing this game years ago on the 3DS now I run it on my old 2013 chromebook (on lubuntu) and it works great! A fun, challenging platformer. Creative level design. I love the boss fights especially and the music is good although repeatative. Not a super long game, you could probs complete it a few hours if you tried but it has decent replayability.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun and short platformer, I remember getting this on the Ipad when it first came out back in 2012 and having a blast. If you like Mega Man, you'll like this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an awesome game that everyone should have. I spent 14 hours getting all the achievements and every second was worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive is a run-and-gun platformer by Swedish Indie studio Hörberg Productions, that I first heard about when it came to the 3DS Eshop years ago. The game intrigued me at the time with it’s beautiful sketchbook style graphics, and it had great reason to. Gunman Clive is an entertaining well-made platformer that is pretty, fun, features a solid soundtrack, has good replay value, and is certainly worth it’s cheap price tag. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1964014736…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive is perhaps the most enjoyable side scrolling shooter that took me around sixty minutes to complete on normal. It’s fun, it’s challenging and it’s full of and its nostalgia laden level themes from Donkey Kong Country mine carts to bits of level from the original Mega Man. In a lot of ways, Gunman Clive is a parody of Mega Man. The mechanics are the same and it’s set in the 18XX era. The only real downside is the sketchy art. On the PC, it’s a bit faint, especially when running. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you EVER owned ANY kind of Game Boy at ANY point in your life, then you owe it to yourself to play this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A platformer with unique graphical style and awesome soundtrack. Also challenging as HECK!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely beautiful but not the most exciting gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive is a charming Mega Man-style action game with a zany, unexpected sense of humor. For $2, you can't go wrong. One of the things I love about Gunman Clive is how it taps into an often-overlooked value of retro games: replayability. Mega Man was a great way to kill an hour or two. You could beat the game and feel satisfied. Games have gotten longer over the years and, likewise, platformers have too. And while I'd never begrudge something like Shovel Knight for its length, it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meh. Ok graphics and music; extremely limited gameplay with no replayability. Was probably a free game on Newgrounds; wouldn't recommend it even for the $0.14 I purchased it for, it's just not worth your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reliving Sunset Riders one duck at a time
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a quaint little indie game. The length feels right for the concept and the art style is nice to look at and fairly unique. It’s also a western sidescrolling shooter in which you can choose to be the woman saving your man instead of the other way around, which is always nice (you can also play as a duck once you beat the game, but ducks can’t exactly use guns). The game feels polished and the controls are fluid. The level difficulty slowly ramps up, the only spike being the 2nd boss,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gunman Clive is a stunning and underappriciated game that needs more fame! Its a quite hard platformer with bad controls that I personally changed to the good old W,A,S,D! Apart from that the music and visuals throughout the game are stunning and never get old! For the platform finatics out there and new gamers its certainly a must buy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is brutal but the watercolor and colored pencil pixels make this cartoonish video game look like a living work of art i said this game is brutal just get gud Paid for buy: The Federation Against Gamers Who Hate On Really HaRd Games or F.A.G.W.H.O.R.H.G. for short
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a wonderful game! I like the theme,gameplay, and GUNS >:3. So far i only reached the first boss thats annoying. Other than that I recommend this
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Attack of the Friday Monsters Code of Princess (Beat 'em up, crunchy AF) Any Picross game Crimson Shroud Dillon's rolling western Gunman Clive LBX Legend of the Dark Witch (Mega mam clones) Zekda: Link Between Worlds Liberation Maiden (Suda 51 game) Lord of Magna Metroid: Samus Returns
neutral · AI labelView post →Also while I was sick I just wanted something short, nothing too complex to play. The Gunman Clive games were perfect for that. I bought the first game on the 3DS and then the collection on the Switch. I have no clue why I didn't play them earlier. They were so much fun.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm Your Huckleber- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ THAT TRAIN JUST TRANSFORMED INTO A ROBOT. i love this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i beat Total Recall for NES as a kid. dogshit game. i rolled credits on NightCry. dogshit game. i beat Xeodrifter. dogshit metroidvania. i beat the Gunman Clive games. what if classic megaman was Nothing. what if it is 100% boring and with a tired 1950's "Cowboys & Indians" theme
negative · AI labelView post →20-Gunman Clive is pretty great, it’s fun game
positive · AI labelView post →Gunman Clive really does feel like the kind of game I would've eaten up on my old 3DS back when I had it. Granted, I already had NES Mega Man 2 on the thing, but a more modern Mega Man-like? Would've been cool. And with the HD Collection on Switch being $2, I took a chance, and yeah it's fun
positive · AI labelView post →Gunman Clive 2 has just an awesome soundtrack. Was a great 3DS game
positive · AI labelView post →amazing music. really relaxed feel. throws a lot of different fun stuff at ya. great time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun, very cheap, and pretty short western themed Megaman-esque sidescroller. Would highly recommend this. Would also highly recommend the sequel, which ups the ante in every single possible way.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun, stylish little platformer. It's pretty much what it looks like from the screenshots. It's fun but it's not without flaws. The jumping is a little floaty and there's some minor jank that you'd expect from an older, smaller indie games like this. But I can overlook these. It's a fun little game to pick up for a few minutes here and there. It's nothing to write home to mom about but it doesn't pretend to be that either. It's just a little indie game with a lot of charm. If you like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, first: pure fact, I'd love to recommend this mostly well made Mega Man clone. That's precisely what this is: hits lots of greatest hallmarks, even specific stage cuts, to the smallest detail. While you may not know some, or think some ideas original, they're either from the World (GameBoy) series or other Capcom franchises (i.e. Bionic Commando). Hell, since I turned the music off, I keep hearing the Rush Jet in Space from Mega Man V in my head every time I play the rocket stage. (Bias, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short but good, also not too difficult :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HAHA gun go shooty- shoot
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm already not a huge fan of platformers, but this is my least favorite type of platformer. The one where enemies and hazards are placed in such a way where you can only avoid them if you know they are coming. This isn't a big deal for a casual playthrough, but it makes fully completing the game a real pain. Especially the speed runner achievement. You have to memorize these maps and have down to 100ms accuracy to even barely scrape the time requirements for these. For the last boss you even…
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