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Hammerfight

Konstantin Koshutin · KranX Productions · 2009-10-28

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 19, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2011 (Linux), 2011 (Mac)

Hammerfight is about 2D battles of flying machines equipped with various slashing, piercing and blunt weaponry.A unique combat system is based on realistic physics simulation, and it ties the movements of the rider to the movements of your mouse. As you wave the mouse, your rider swings his warhammer, smashing the foe into the wall!

Hammerfight is a 2009 Action and Indie title priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (73% of 2,071 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-05

4
playing now
73%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Hammerfight, previously known as Hammerfall, is a 2-dimensional physics-based video game published by Kranx Productions and 1C for Windows in 2009.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2016-09-30) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.49 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1702026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
861Jul 2012Jan 2025Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2012 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2013 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2013 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2014 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 42Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002015-01-012026-04-252015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992020-05-25 — best price $4.992020-06-06 — best price $4.992020-06-16 — best price $4.492020-06-29 — best price $4.492020-07-11 — best price $4.492020-07-23 — best price $4.492020-08-04 — best price $4.492020-08-16 — best price $4.492020-08-29 — best price $4.492020-09-10 — best price $4.492020-09-22 — best price $4.492020-10-07 — best price $4.492020-10-19 — best price $4.492020-11-01 — best price $4.492020-11-13 — best price $4.492020-11-25 — best price $4.492020-12-07 — best price $4.492020-12-19 — best price $4.492020-12-31 — best price $4.492021-01-12 — best price $4.492021-01-24 — best price $4.492021-02-05 — best price $4.492021-02-22 — best price $4.492021-03-06 — best price $4.492021-03-18 — best price $4.492021-03-30 — best price $4.492021-04-11 — best price $4.492021-04-23 — best price $4.492021-05-05 — best price $4.492021-05-17 — best price $4.492021-05-29 — best price $4.492021-06-18 — best price $4.492021-12-03 — best price $4.492024-02-13 — best price $4.492026-04-25 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2122026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 9 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 14 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 20 pageviews2026-08-28 — 14 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 17 pageviews2026-09-09 — 15 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionPhysicsFightingDifficultSteampunkMouse onlyExperimentalFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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