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CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect cover art

CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect

Asobo Studio · Funbox Media Ltd · 2014-03-13

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 22, 2005 (Xbox), Apr 01, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2005 (PlayStation 2)

CT Special Forces: Fire For Effect will feature unique missions in the fight against worldwide terrorist networks. The game also benefits from a cutting-edge engine as well as a specific physics system. For the first time in this genre, physics will have a major impact on how you play the game.

1
playing now
56%
positive of 274 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.74
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Counter Terrorist Special Forces: Fire for Effect, known in North America as Special Forces: Nemesis Strike, is a 2005 third-person shooter video game by Asobo Studio for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. Players play as a counter-terrorism agency. The main objective is to dismantle the Nemesis network and get back stolen technology. It is the fourth and final game in the CT Special Forces series.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.8k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 274 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.74-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.22 at GamersGate (2019-12-19) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 23 of 53 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.31$0.222015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-08-17 — best price $0.992015-12-10 — best price $9.992016-05-16 — best price $9.992016-09-06 — best price $9.992016-12-12 — best price $9.992017-04-17 — best price $0.992017-10-16 — best price $9.992018-01-09 — best price $9.992018-08-20 — best price $2.992019-03-18 — best price $2.992019-11-25 — best price $2.992020-03-10 — best price $2.992020-08-10 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $0.592021-02-13 — best price $0.672021-06-24 — best price $0.592021-10-19 — best price $0.672022-01-12 — best price $0.622022-05-10 — best price $2.992022-08-16 — best price $0.552022-12-19 — best price $2.992023-03-27 — best price $0.742023-08-01 — best price $0.552023-11-21 — best price $0.742023-12-21 — best price $0.562024-01-22 — best price $2.992024-05-27 — best price $2.992024-08-29 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $0.742025-06-26 — best price $0.742025-10-01 — best price $0.752025-12-19 — best price $0.562026-04-05 — best price $0.742026-07-21 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $0.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

ActionShooterThird-Person Shooter

Census log

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

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