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Bionic Commando

Capcom · 2009-07-28

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 28, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2009 (PlayStation 3), May 22, 2009 (Xbox 360)

The first true sequel to the classic 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System original, Bionic Commando sees the return of the bionically-enhanced Nathan "R.A.D." Spencer. Time has not been kind to Spencer: Five years after his heroic defeat of the Imperials, he has been betrayed by the government he swore to serve, imprisoned for...

Bionic Commando is an Action and Adventure game released in 2009, priced at $3.19, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 1855 reviews).

1
playing now
73%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (60 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (126 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.19
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Bionic Commando is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Grin and published by Capcom. Part of the Bionic Commando series, it is a sequel to the 1988 game Bionic Commando, with certain storyline elements taken from its 2008 remake Bionic Commando Rearmed. It runs on Grin's Diesel engine.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 75k–149k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,864 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2014-09-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 60 of 86 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
261Jul 2012Jul 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2013 — avg 15 · peak 108Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2014 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 17Jun 2015 — avg 8 · peak 25Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 26Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 57Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-08-17 — best price $3.002015-12-21 — best price $3.002016-09-08 — best price $1.992017-05-15 — best price $1.992017-11-16 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-03-24 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-05-07 — best price $1.992021-11-15 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-09-14 — best price $1.992023-04-24 — best price $1.992023-08-24 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-12 — best price $2.082024-04-19 — best price $1.992024-06-10 — best price $2.012024-07-29 — best price $5.842024-09-18 — best price $5.842024-11-11 — best price $1.992024-12-11 — best price $2.742025-01-27 — best price $3.192025-03-14 — best price $3.192025-05-08 — best price $1.992025-07-04 — best price $8.892025-09-04 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $2.692025-12-18 — best price $3.192026-01-30 — best price $9.992026-04-02 — best price $3.192026-05-18 — best price $2.472026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-08-26 — best price $7.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

111472026-05-31 — 77 pageviews2026-06-04 — 64 pageviews2026-06-08 — 61 pageviews2026-06-12 — 77 pageviews2026-06-16 — 65 pageviews2026-06-20 — 87 pageviews2026-06-24 — 85 pageviews2026-06-28 — 70 pageviews2026-07-02 — 72 pageviews2026-07-06 — 76 pageviews2026-07-10 — 84 pageviews2026-07-14 — 92 pageviews2026-07-18 — 80 pageviews2026-07-22 — 60 pageviews2026-07-26 — 100 pageviews2026-07-30 — 85 pageviews2026-08-03 — 101 pageviews2026-08-07 — 69 pageviews2026-08-11 — 59 pageviews2026-08-15 — 89 pageviews2026-08-19 — 66 pageviews2026-08-23 — 73 pageviews2026-08-27 — 80 pageviews2026-08-31 — 76 pageviews2026-09-04 — 87 pageviews2026-09-08 — 108 pageviews2026-09-12 — 91 pageviews2026-09-16 — 95 pageviews2026-09-20 — 78 pageviews2026-09-24 — 67 pageviews2026-09-28 — 83 pageviews2026-10-02 — 55 pageviews2026-10-06 — 67 pageviews2026-10-10 — 60 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, German;, Russian, Polish, Japanese, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)21,76115%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)21,0415%49

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

ActionRebootShooterAdventureOpen WorldMultiplayerSingleplayerThird PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person Shooter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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