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Dirty Bomb®

Splash Damage · Warchest Ltd. · 2015-06-02

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ActionFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Work together or die alone! Fight to restore peace to London or tear it down for profit in the most challenging team based shooter around.

Dirty Bomb® is an Action, Free To Play game released in 2015, priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (81% of 56816 reviews).

16
playing now
81%
positive of 57k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
67/100
opencritic · fair · 22% recommend · from 10 critics
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Dirty Bomb, formerly known as Extraction, is a free to play first-person shooter multiplayer video game. It was developed by Splash Damage and initially published by Nexon America for Microsoft Windows, and open beta version was released in June 2015. As of February 2017, Warchest, an in-house publishing arm of Splash Damage has taken over from Nexon America as the publisher for the game. Dirty Bomb is Splash Damage's first intellectual property.

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 225 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (895 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
64764720182026Week of 2018-02-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6632026-09-15 11:00 — 23 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 48 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 48 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 47 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 28 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 34 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 56 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 27 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 66 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.1k8Jan 2015Aug 2026Jan 2015 — avg 59 · peak 312Aug 2015 — avg 4,089 · peak 7,477Dec 2015 — avg 2,795 · peak 5,326Apr 2016 — avg 3,134 · peak 6,414Aug 2016 — avg 1,900 · peak 3,259Dec 2016 — avg 1,909 · peak 4,232Apr 2017 — avg 2,109 · peak 3,842Aug 2017 — avg 2,631 · peak 5,584Dec 2017 — avg 1,955 · peak 3,632Apr 2018 — avg 1,078 · peak 1,902Aug 2018 — avg 915 · peak 4,091Dec 2018 — avg 349 · peak 690Apr 2019 — avg 338 · peak 668Aug 2019 — avg 307 · peak 530Dec 2019 — avg 283 · peak 510Apr 2020 — avg 414 · peak 716Aug 2020 — avg 222 · peak 363Dec 2020 — avg 172 · peak 341Apr 2021 — avg 163 · peak 322Aug 2021 — avg 127 · peak 258Dec 2021 — avg 124 · peak 216Apr 2022 — avg 123 · peak 229Aug 2022 — avg 107 · peak 208Dec 2022 — avg 73 · peak 138Apr 2023 — avg 72 · peak 164Aug 2023 — avg 68 · peak 139Dec 2023 — avg 486 · peak 790Apr 2024 — avg 428 · peak 633Aug 2024 — avg 55 · peak 114Dec 2024 — avg 47 · peak 101Apr 2025 — avg 39 · peak 92Aug 2025 — avg 44 · peak 94Dec 2025 — avg 32 · peak 79Apr 2026 — avg 43 · peak 115Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 75
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
42%
earned "Sprayer"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo Sound

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPCo-opActionParkourShooterFast-PacedTeam-BasedClass-BasedCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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