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.hack//G.U. Last Recode

CyberConnect2 · Bandai Namco Entertainment · 2017-11-03

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RPG

Franchise: .Hack · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 03, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 03, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

.hack//G.U. is back! This collection includes all 3 original .hack//G.U. titles, Rebirth, Reminisce, and Redemption, all fully restored and remastered. As well as an all new 4th Volume: .hack//G.U. Reconnection.

.hack//G.U. Last Recode is an RPG released in 2017 for $49.99, with Very Positive (87% of 4264 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

79
playing now
87%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
17
Nexus mods (16k downloads)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (3,856 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

79 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

".hack//G.U. begins after the events of the original .hack series with players assuming the role of Haseo as he tracks down a powerful Player Killer named Tri-Edge who killed his friend’s in-game avatar Shino, and put her in a coma in real life."(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

.hack//G.U. Last Recode trailer thumbnail

.hack//G.U. Last Recode - Launch Trailer | PS4, PC

≈412,369 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 79 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 196 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 13,897 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 107k–256k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,264 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.36-91%
GreenManGaming$4.40-91%
Fanatical$4.49-91%
Steam$4.99-90%
WinGameStore$4.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.78 at GameBillet (2024-08-23) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 125 of 148 observed days · $1.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
939320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

93182026-09-14 22:00 — 40 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 37 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 34 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 49 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 39 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 41 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 40 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 51 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 32 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 36 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 43 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 63 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 41 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 42 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 58 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 58 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 82 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 93 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 53 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 79 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7920Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 129 · peak 248Apr 2018 — avg 52 · peak 116Jul 2018 — avg 177 · peak 363Oct 2018 — avg 107 · peak 405Jan 2019 — avg 123 · peak 313Apr 2019 — avg 49 · peak 83Jul 2019 — avg 88 · peak 165Oct 2019 — avg 50 · peak 99Jan 2020 — avg 64 · peak 125Apr 2020 — avg 62 · peak 99Jul 2020 — avg 109 · peak 192Oct 2020 — avg 55 · peak 94Jan 2021 — avg 87 · peak 160Apr 2021 — avg 48 · peak 106Jul 2021 — avg 96 · peak 183Oct 2021 — avg 52 · peak 95Jan 2022 — avg 74 · peak 154Apr 2022 — avg 47 · peak 77Jul 2022 — avg 91 · peak 228Oct 2022 — avg 63 · peak 128Jan 2023 — avg 70 · peak 120Apr 2023 — avg 68 · peak 141Jul 2023 — avg 57 · peak 102Oct 2023 — avg 75 · peak 152Jan 2024 — avg 71 · peak 133Apr 2024 — avg 55 · peak 94Jul 2024 — avg 63 · peak 103Oct 2024 — avg 55 · peak 104Jan 2025 — avg 81 · peak 161Apr 2025 — avg 50 · peak 87Jul 2025 — avg 55 · peak 104Oct 2025 — avg 48 · peak 92Jan 2026 — avg 54 · peak 94Apr 2026 — avg 68 · peak 219Jul 2026 — avg 53 · peak 94Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 96
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$52.05$3.592017-11-032026-10-122017-11-03 — best price $48.992018-02-12 — best price $34.992018-05-08 — best price $49.992018-08-17 — best price $24.992018-11-05 — best price $15.002018-12-07 — best price $48.342019-02-08 — best price $14.952019-03-22 — best price $14.992019-05-14 — best price $14.992019-08-05 — best price $12.102019-11-26 — best price $12.492020-02-01 — best price $11.002020-04-12 — best price $45.992020-07-23 — best price $10.622020-12-01 — best price $49.992021-03-26 — best price $42.492021-12-22 — best price $7.992022-10-24 — best price $7.492023-03-27 — best price $9.992023-11-29 — best price $4.442024-01-23 — best price $4.352024-03-29 — best price $49.992024-06-04 — best price $49.992024-08-20 — best price $4.092024-09-30 — best price $4.762024-12-05 — best price $41.962025-02-28 — best price $3.782025-05-12 — best price $3.902025-07-21 — best price $9.992025-09-30 — best price $45.992025-12-03 — best price $41.492026-02-17 — best price $9.392026-04-13 — best price $4.492026-06-07 — best price $41.472026-08-07 — best price $4.452026-08-29 — best price $4.372026-09-27 — best price $4.362026-10-12 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
40.9%
earned "Rookie Rider"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)7,67019%52
Steam (Steam)4,2239%52
Switch (Nintendo)1310%0
Switch (Nintendo)130%0
Switch (Nintendo)100%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

RPGJRPGAnimeActionRemakeSci-fiClassicFantasyAdventureAction RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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