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Firefight cover art

Firefight

Sean O'Connor · 2016-07-11

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2018 (iOS), Apr 24, 2018 (Android)

Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game similar in style to the old Close Combat series but brought up to date with better AI, individual soldier modelling, a faster frame rate to give more intense and realistic combat and an easy to use command interface.

Firefight is a 2016 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 371 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

4
playing now
85%
positive of 371 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 58 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 371 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.49 at Steam (2016-07-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420162026Week of 2016-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-15 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$8.492016-07-122026-07-092016-07-12 — best price $8.492016-07-19 — best price $9.992018-09-20 — best price $9.992022-08-21 — best price $19.992023-01-12 — best price $19.992023-08-24 — best price $14.992023-08-26 — best price $14.992024-05-13 — best price $11.992024-05-20 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $11.242025-01-27 — best price $14.992025-04-28 — best price $11.242025-05-05 — best price $14.992025-05-20 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)30%14
Steam (Steam)0—14

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

Player tags

2DPvPRTSWarWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalTop-DownHistorical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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