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Ghostrunner

One More Level · 505 Games · 2020-10-27

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 28, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 09, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2020 (Xbox One), Sep 28, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Ghostrunner is an Action game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (91% of 66553 reviews) sentiment.

188
playing now
91%
positive of 67k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (225 ratings)
32
Nexus mods (39k downloads)
4.00★
PlayStation Store rating (11,921 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 82% recommend · from 115 critics
11h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Ghostrunner is a 2020 action platform video game co-developed by One more Level, Slipgate Ironworks, 3D Realms, 505 Games and All in! Games. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One in October 2020, and Nintendo Switch in November 2020, followed by a next gen release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in September 2021. A version for Amazon Luna was made available in April 2021. A story expansion, titled Ghostrunner: Project Hel, was released on 3 March 2022.

Trailer

Ghostrunner trailer thumbnail

Ghostrunner - Official Cinematic Trailer

≈301,689 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 188 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,729 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~216/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,187 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67,028 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.90-80%
IndieGala$5.99-80%
GreenManGaming$6.00-80%
WinGameStore$6.99-77%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Fanatical (2024-07-12) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 92 of 120 observed days · $25.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.8k6.8k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 4,347 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 577 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6,769 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 418 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,789 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,649 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,222 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 944 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,878 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,154 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,111 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

428412026-09-15 11:00 — 309 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 135 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 186 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 428 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 194 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 159 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 330 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 231 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 96 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 281 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 195 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 41 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 227 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 357 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 98 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 261 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 364 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 74 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 251 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 384 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 92 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 98 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 188 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k124Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 1,225 · peak 5,033Jan 2021 — avg 381 · peak 791Mar 2021 — avg 187 · peak 340May 2021 — avg 246 · peak 478Jul 2021 — avg 372 · peak 788Sep 2021 — avg 738 · peak 3,340Nov 2021 — avg 425 · peak 1,496Jan 2022 — avg 335 · peak 777Mar 2022 — avg 452 · peak 1,544May 2022 — avg 246 · peak 537Jul 2022 — avg 292 · peak 571Sep 2022 — avg 340 · peak 1,166Nov 2022 — avg 406 · peak 1,470Jan 2023 — avg 353 · peak 844Mar 2023 — avg 278 · peak 929May 2023 — avg 335 · peak 2,417Jul 2023 — avg 759 · peak 2,627Sep 2023 — avg 544 · peak 2,049Nov 2023 — avg 555 · peak 1,690Jan 2024 — avg 438 · peak 1,341Mar 2024 — avg 250 · peak 727May 2024 — avg 174 · peak 420Jul 2024 — avg 252 · peak 520Sep 2024 — avg 247 · peak 809Nov 2024 — avg 196 · peak 630Jan 2025 — avg 199 · peak 550Mar 2025 — avg 174 · peak 443May 2025 — avg 158 · peak 501Jul 2025 — avg 178 · peak 458Sep 2025 — avg 166 · peak 445Nov 2025 — avg 298 · peak 834Jan 2026 — avg 150 · peak 418Mar 2026 — avg 176 · peak 487May 2026 — avg 124 · peak 278Jul 2026 — avg 154 · peak 350Aug 2026 — avg 167 · peak 454
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
63632026-09-212026-10-102026-09-21: 63 new positive2026-09-21: 15 new negative2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 29 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 23 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 15 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 13 new positive2026-10-06: 13 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.002020-09-152026-10-142020-09-15 — best price $23.992020-10-27 — best price $19.182020-11-25 — best price $19.492021-01-06 — best price $23.282021-02-04 — best price $23.992021-03-18 — best price $29.992021-04-21 — best price $14.992021-05-22 — best price $25.382021-07-16 — best price $29.992021-09-02 — best price $9.252021-10-08 — best price $12.002021-11-28 — best price $12.002022-01-06 — best price $23.992022-03-03 — best price $11.992022-05-10 — best price $11.992022-06-30 — best price $10.992022-08-30 — best price $29.992022-11-01 — best price $8.032023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-02-16 — best price $10.492023-05-05 — best price $10.492023-07-20 — best price $10.492023-11-28 — best price $23.992024-01-22 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $6.252024-05-14 — best price $8.992024-07-31 — best price $29.992024-10-17 — best price $29.992024-12-18 — best price $8.992025-02-02 — best price $9.002025-04-03 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $6.462025-08-25 — best price $22.492025-11-19 — best price $29.992026-02-09 — best price $7.492026-04-02 — best price $7.492026-05-21 — best price $29.992026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-09-13 — best price $5.912026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

329652026-05-13 — 91 pageviews2026-05-17 — 82 pageviews2026-05-21 — 99 pageviews2026-05-25 — 99 pageviews2026-05-29 — 86 pageviews2026-06-02 — 81 pageviews2026-06-06 — 89 pageviews2026-06-10 — 146 pageviews2026-06-14 — 122 pageviews2026-06-18 — 129 pageviews2026-06-22 — 136 pageviews2026-06-26 — 114 pageviews2026-06-30 — 102 pageviews2026-07-04 — 105 pageviews2026-07-08 — 93 pageviews2026-07-12 — 99 pageviews2026-07-16 — 77 pageviews2026-07-20 — 79 pageviews2026-07-24 — 69 pageviews2026-07-28 — 101 pageviews2026-08-01 — 80 pageviews2026-08-05 — 94 pageviews2026-08-09 — 148 pageviews2026-08-13 — 95 pageviews2026-08-17 — 69 pageviews2026-08-21 — 89 pageviews2026-08-25 — 138 pageviews2026-08-29 — 82 pageviews2026-09-02 — 86 pageviews2026-09-06 — 92 pageviews2026-09-10 — 91 pageviews2026-09-14 — 109 pageviews2026-09-18 — 179 pageviews2026-09-22 — 86 pageviews2026-09-26 — 95 pageviews2026-09-30 — 137 pageviews2026-10-04 — 91 pageviews2026-10-08 — 124 pageviews2026-10-12 — 283 pageviews2026-10-13 — 329 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8202026-09-30 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
75.2%
earned "Longrunner"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2020-10-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25,8764%45
PS5 (PlayStation)18,3434%45
PS4 (PlayStation)9,4442%45
PS4 (PlayStation)8,9151%45
Xbox One (Xbox)3,3375%45
PS4 (PlayStation)17915%45
Switch (Nintendo)610%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ActionCombatSci-fiViolentAdventureCyberpunkDifficultSwordplayFast-PacedFuturistic

Census log

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

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