Gatlin'

About this game

Meet Blot. He's your everyday regular doodle with a vengeance... and a giant gatling gun. Help Blot along on his quest to take down the fearsome dictator known as Art. Shoot, propel, and pogo your way through dozens of challenging levels to fulfill Blot's destiny!

• Loads of levels!
  
• Strange, yet oddly charming, boss fights!
  
• A unique, physics-based way of movement.
  
• Quirky humor and jokes. Is this a plus? I honestly don't know.
  
• It's a hard game. Both a pro and a con!
  
• STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS TO PROVE YOUR TERRIBLE TENDENCY TO BE A COMPLETIONIST!

Gatlin' is a physics-based platforming bullet hell where you are the bullet hell! Fling your way across dozens of levels with your trusty gatling gun of doom. Try your best not to die, but believe me, you are going to be dying.


You live, you die, you live again. In Gatlin', your main methods of problem solving are your eyes and learning from your mistakes. Upon dying, you are sent back to the start of the level to run through it again until you do it right.

I hear you asking, "What causes me to die?" That is an oddly-morbid question, but a question I will answer nonetheless. You'll die to classical art, you'll die to spikes, you'll die to weird demented clones, and you'll die to tears. By the way, that last thing is both figurative and literal.


The boss fights in Gatlin' are sentient bullet hells gone rogue. Fear not! They have patterns and tricks that you will likely get accustomed to.

Each boss also reveals c r i s p y lore and each boss harbors an unforgettable personality - so that's pretty neat I guess.


The endgame of Gatlin' is a distinctive twist on the existing gameplay. After the conclusion of the main story, level modifiers are unlocked. Want levels to be more difficult? We've got you covered. Imagine Hell itself. Good work. Now imagine Hell without gravity and now every surface is covered in soap. Get the picture?

Does Hell not sound appealing enough for you? Understandable, everyone's a critic. Instead, we offer a wide array of eccentric and ever-expanding levels, worlds, and challenges to partake in.


Gatlin' was and will always be designed with all types of player in mind. If you wish to go slow or fast, the level design panders to all. That said, we highly encourage speedrunning.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·6 Oct 2025Official

  Gatlin' - 10/05/2025 Patch

  Upgraded Unity from 2021.3.16f1 to 2021.3.45f2 to address a Unity security vulnerability
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• Patch Notes·7 Dec 2024Official

  Gatlin' - The Delightful Update

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/c292e9c3ccdd5e945fa639efc81a92d2b35b19eb.png Gatlin' - The Delightful Update (V1.2.0) Additional eye candy for your neverquenching eyes. Introducing... death!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/e7e46f26a6458a0468469565a04277c800a31c83.gif A wise man once said, "DUDE, I just spent 84 minutes on this GODFORSAKEN boss fight. Why did it just END? Why couldn't I see the boss SUFFER as it faded away into the ETERNAL abyss we all slowly march towards? I DESERVE that much, I GAVE you $4.99." I'm not your therapist, in fact, I'm probably the opposite of one with what I offer you. Anyhoo - sure! All bosses now have some form of death animation. Now go feel accomplished, sport. Pop off. Slay. 💅🌟 Moisten your eyes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/cbde1cdc715ea8aa78107462e9efaced56867e06.gif A second wise man, no relation, once said, "DUDE, why do I have to fight The Beholder EVERY time I battle Art? What is WRONG with you? Seriously, I'm earnestly asking. How do you sleep at night?" Still not your therapist, nor are you mine - keep that Gatlin-related trauma to yourself. Anyhoo - OK! Blot's childhood friend found eyedrops. If you can find him and collect the eyedrops, you can easily cast off The Beholder. The average monthly 0 players of Gatlin' PLEASE cry out in joy! 👏👏👏 A new level modifier - One Life! I nerfed the Beholder. I nerfed Art. Do you still want a challenge? This level modifier, with an accompanying achievement, gives you the gift of playing through the entire main game with one life. If you die, you start over at the first level. How generous! How replayable! A new level modifier - John Gatlin! Continuing my streak of philanthropy, have another challenge. In the "John Gatlin" level modifier, you only get standard ammo and must run the entire main game for achievement or self-loathing purposes. No blitz, no pogos, and no suction. As a silver lining, I've replaced all boulders with poppable balloons. How quaint! I am nothing if not benevolent. Pain...
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• Patch Notes·20 Jan 2023Official

  Gatlin' - The Easy Update

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/78a6b0b1cd7c54d41da140ae9235126b5eb9a229.png Gatlin' - The Easy Update (V1.1.0) More content, more QoL, less throwing your keyboard against the wall. Guaranteed. Introducing... Easy Mode! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/f3849b22a43e04d1a76623ee7a5e6b100f4f80a3.gif We get it, Gatlin' is a hard game - that's intended, not a bug. However, our Chief Balance Officer (me) and Head Intern (also me) have been bickering back and forth for nearly three years now about making the game easier. Long story short, the Head Intern decked the CBO and stole his computer. We have Easy Mode now. While Easy Mode is enabled: Blot can take two additional hits before dying horribly. That's right, his suffering is prolonged and even worse - you horrible, horrible, person. Boss achievements cannot be earned A new level modifier - Tumbleweed! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/0707710b556c725e2a24e1862b61c498f9eb6d09.gif It's goofy, it's silly - it's... actually quite difficult. Pair this with Easy Mode for a unique experience. Entirely Organic Achievements! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/69c02c404182a9a92eaa044123b3d62654d7f217.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/e1b77ec3496f9b0dcd4501ea738cf5410078512f.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/5dabaf20dac26509e248aa78b1ddbed2939922e0.png Continuing the streak of more achievements, here ya go - three new ones. Something about a vacuum, a boss-related redacted one, and... WHAT!? BLOT WITH A FACE!?! WHAT SORT OF HERESY IS THIS!? SOMEBODY CALL THE CBO - oh wait... Update Log Changes Added "Easy Mode" Added three new achievements ("Suck It Up, Buttercup", "Why?", "But Why Though?") Added a new level modifier ("Tumbleweed") Hovering over a toggle in the settings menu now displays a tip about what it does Added death FX for Blot Added impact VFX for touching spikes Added splash VFX for falling into or shooting a liquid Added SFX to the pause/settings menu The screen now shakes whenever Blot dies or is hurt (only occurs when the "Screen Shake" settin...
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• Patch Notes·13 Jan 2023Official

  Gatlin' - The Dusty Patch

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/2527d1f3ff8691b5660a7cb33fab39429b90b359.png Gatlin' - The Dusty Patch (V1.0.5) A completionist's wet dream. Achieving 100% has never been more possible. Literally. Highlights: Lowered the threshold of kills needed for a large amount of achievements The "Free Fallin'" achievement is now actually possible to earn Changes: Lowered the number of Note kills required for the "Symphonic" achievement from 1,827 to 44 Lowered the number of Knight kills required for the "Midknight Crisis" achievement from 1,500 to 250 Lowered the number of Photo kills required for the "Right to Privacy" achievement from 2,000 to 404 Lowered the number of targets required for the "Target Practice" achievement from 1,000,000 to 1,000 Lowered the number of deaths required for the "Live, Die, Repeat" achievement from 10,000 to 5,000 Adjusted the "Intro" level to make it more feasible to jump off the map (what are these patch notes??) Changed the credit text on the main menu to credit dotcopycat for the sake of being succinct Removed a legacy, defunct, and unused save system Fixes: Fixed a bug which made the "Free Fallin'" achievement literally impossible to earn Nothing else, Gatlin' is literally perfect
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• Patch Notes·16 Sept 2020Official

  Gatlin' - The Promised Update

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/980a3952c2a76f7cdea7413bdaa2a77642412111.png Gatlin' - The Promised Update (V1.0.4) We promised to leave early access by 2021 at the latest. Guess what, it's 2020? We're leaving early access. DEVELOPMENTAL HELL? NEVER HEARD OF IT! Highlights: PROMISED graphical polishing! Nearly all sprites are enhanced. Now that's what I call jpeg! BOUNTIFUL bug fixes! That's right, if you complain about a bug, we'll fix it! PLENTIFUL new OST! Thank DJIVVI (aka Cadence Hira) or else. Three new achievements! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/f61c4f096937ded993f00d3c3c70cde896102259.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/65aa9a6e5be10411795fe1d326ae72ba2fbd5936.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31717521/371065b7a70bebf36bf333d3a337e716813c9c4c.png Dumb Ways to Die Photo Finish Ramblin' Man Changes: Almost all of the game's sprites/terrain overhauled graphically The current level name is displayed in the pause menu Entering a level now has a transition Performance increased drastically in all levels where Blot has his gun Graphic priority changed from "Very Low" to "Medium" by default Default FOV changed from 0 to 6 FOV is now on a scale from 0 to 12 instead of -4 to 6 All levels polished to allow for increased FOV A toggling option to zoom the camera has been added to the alt-fire button An option to toggle this new zooming feature has been added to the settings menu Gatlin' now fully supports the Steam Controller! Gatlin' now supports Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Switch controllers! Removed unused target portals from the lobby Opening cutscene conga line movement made less awkward Opening cutscene tweaked to allude to more of the story Various world tweaks from the opening cutscene replicated to Level 15 The NPCs in the intro cutscene now have an idle animation Cutscene Blot can now reset using the reset keybind (M) while walking All liquids start their flow at the same time Dying in a liquid now has a sound effect David now flashes when damaged Several annoying ceiling structu...
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