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Bombshell

Slipgate Ironworks™ · 3D Realms · 2016-01-29

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 4)

Bombshell is an Action Shooter game in which bomb disposal technician turned mercenary for hire, Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison must strong-arm her way across 4 planets in a galactic adventure to rescue the president (and humanity) from an apocalyptic alien threat.

Bombshell is a 2016 Action, Adventure game priced at $34.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 423 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
58%
positive of 423 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
34/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$34.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Bombshell is a multidirectional shooter developed by Interceptor Entertainment and published by 3D Realms. The game was released on January 29, 2016, for Microsoft Windows. The game runs on Unreal Engine 3.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 423 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2017-06-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 2 of 51 observed days · $31.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$47.49$3.492015-08-252026-10-142015-08-25 — best price $47.492016-03-16 — best price $34.992016-07-04 — best price $11.682016-09-04 — best price $34.992017-06-06 — best price $8.742018-02-27 — best price $34.992018-11-16 — best price $34.992020-03-13 — best price $26.242020-05-31 — best price $34.992020-06-18 — best price $34.992020-07-06 — best price $29.292020-07-23 — best price $34.992020-08-10 — best price $34.992020-08-28 — best price $34.992020-09-15 — best price $34.992020-10-06 — best price $34.992020-10-22 — best price $31.382020-11-10 — best price $31.382020-11-28 — best price $31.382020-12-16 — best price $29.642021-01-03 — best price $29.642021-01-21 — best price $29.642021-02-09 — best price $34.992021-03-05 — best price $34.992021-03-23 — best price $34.992021-04-10 — best price $34.992021-04-28 — best price $34.992021-05-16 — best price $34.992021-06-03 — best price $34.992021-11-02 — best price $8.742022-05-23 — best price $34.992025-01-23 — best price $34.992026-09-02 — best price $34.992026-09-14 — best price $34.992026-09-26 — best price $34.992026-10-08 — best price $34.992026-10-14 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

111202026-05-30 — 30 pageviews2026-06-03 — 37 pageviews2026-06-07 — 35 pageviews2026-06-11 — 47 pageviews2026-06-15 — 41 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 52 pageviews2026-06-27 — 42 pageviews2026-07-01 — 45 pageviews2026-07-05 — 52 pageviews2026-07-09 — 54 pageviews2026-07-13 — 57 pageviews2026-07-17 — 40 pageviews2026-07-21 — 42 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-29 — 43 pageviews2026-08-02 — 45 pageviews2026-08-06 — 36 pageviews2026-08-10 — 39 pageviews2026-08-14 — 33 pageviews2026-08-18 — 53 pageviews2026-08-22 — 36 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews2026-08-30 — 32 pageviews2026-09-03 — 35 pageviews2026-09-07 — 38 pageviews2026-09-11 — 25 pageviews2026-09-15 — 23 pageviews2026-09-19 — 41 pageviews2026-09-23 — 43 pageviews2026-09-27 — 111 pageviews2026-10-01 — 51 pageviews2026-10-05 — 61 pageviews2026-10-09 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
42.9%
earned "Leaving Home"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-01-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0981%39

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

Player tags

ActionSci-fiShooterAdventureCyberpunkIsometricTop-Down ShooterFemale ProtagonistTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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