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CTU: Counter Terrorism Unit

Odin Game Studio · Excalibur Publishing · 2016-04-22

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join the CTU, arrest dangerous terrorist threats, use gadgets including the snake cam and play online with up to five player co-op

CTU: Counter Terrorism Unit is a 2016 Action and Strategy game priced at $0.99, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, with a Mostly Negative review sentiment (30% of 109 reviews).

0
playing now
30%
positive of 109 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (14 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 27,909 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.77 at GamesPlanet FR (2022-08-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 28 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220162026Week of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Dec 2015Sep 2019Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2019

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.772016-04-192026-08-172016-04-19 — best price $14.992016-08-26 — best price $7.492016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-03-31 — best price $3.432017-05-15 — best price $14.992017-10-13 — best price $7.492018-03-19 — best price $14.992018-08-10 — best price $1.002018-12-21 — best price $1.692019-04-02 — best price $1.452019-07-29 — best price $4.992019-11-21 — best price $1.692020-01-28 — best price $4.992020-04-21 — best price $4.992020-06-16 — best price $4.082020-08-04 — best price $0.992020-09-27 — best price $4.992020-11-04 — best price $4.392021-01-14 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-04-02 — best price $1.002021-05-06 — best price $4.142021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-17 — best price $4.142022-03-02 — best price $3.992022-05-26 — best price $4.142022-10-17 — best price $4.992023-05-05 — best price $0.992023-10-07 — best price $3.892024-03-18 — best price $0.802024-10-22 — best price $1.692025-04-08 — best price $1.692025-11-04 — best price $4.992026-04-28 — best price $3.892026-08-17 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Player tags

FPSActionStrategyTacticalFirst-Person

Census log

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

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