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Hell Let Loose

Expression Games · Team17 · 2021-07-27

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ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 05, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 05, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.

Hell Let Loose is an Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 149769 reviews).

1,230
playing now
82%
positive of 150k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
45
twitch viewers (latest)
3.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
3.99★
PlayStation Store rating (16,928 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 59% recommend · from 29 critics
2.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

1,230 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Hell Let Loose is a 2021 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Expression Games and Cover 6 Studios, and published by Team17. Players fight in iconic battles of the Western, North African and Eastern Fronts of World War II at the platoon level.

Trailer

Hell Let Loose trailer thumbnail

HELL LET LOOSE | The Eastern Front Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,230 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,149 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~644/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.0M–6.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 150,144 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.71 at 2game (2021-12-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 130 of 185 observed days · $40.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.6k2.6k20192026Week of 2019-06-01: 1,588 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,721 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,715 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 842 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,058 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,427 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,610 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,244 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,221 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 957 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,541 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,485 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,322 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,402 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,592 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,880 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,934 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,662 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,500 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,516 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,343 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,703 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,269 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,098 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 992 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,664 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,208 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,190 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,553 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,038 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,658 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 570 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 947 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,682 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,643 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,189 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 849 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,124 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,019 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,533 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 396 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 44 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.6k1.2k2026-09-15 11:00 — 1,733 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,008 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,592 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 2,161 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,631 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,853 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,200 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2,952 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,472 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,275 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 2,864 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,189 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,620 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,959 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 3,499 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 1,538 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,461 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 2,743 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,538 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,531 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4,422 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,888 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,230 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9.2k524Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 1,601 · peak 4,048Sep 2019 — avg 524 · peak 1,499Dec 2019 — avg 1,130 · peak 2,890Mar 2020 — avg 1,090 · peak 2,544Jun 2020 — avg 1,259 · peak 2,997Sep 2020 — avg 2,169 · peak 4,566Dec 2020 — avg 2,979 · peak 8,105Mar 2021 — avg 3,597 · peak 13,323Jun 2021 — avg 2,616 · peak 6,296Sep 2021 — avg 4,007 · peak 8,558Dec 2021 — avg 4,713 · peak 9,537Mar 2022 — avg 5,718 · peak 10,439Jun 2022 — avg 5,280 · peak 9,337Sep 2022 — avg 5,635 · peak 10,832Dec 2022 — avg 6,833 · peak 14,305Mar 2023 — avg 5,772 · peak 11,646Jun 2023 — avg 5,916 · peak 13,554Sep 2023 — avg 4,181 · peak 7,923Dec 2023 — avg 5,588 · peak 15,302Mar 2024 — avg 5,981 · peak 12,608Jun 2024 — avg 5,418 · peak 14,207Sep 2024 — avg 4,338 · peak 8,542Dec 2024 — avg 4,569 · peak 9,833Mar 2025 — avg 5,618 · peak 12,824Jun 2025 — avg 4,137 · peak 9,163Sep 2025 — avg 3,645 · peak 7,692Dec 2025 — avg 3,604 · peak 7,866Mar 2026 — avg 3,969 · peak 10,639Jun 2026 — avg 4,241 · peak 9,181Aug 2026 — avg 3,388 · peak 7,917
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
39392026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 39 new positive2026-09-21: 3 new negative2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 13 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 15 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 10 new negative2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 20 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 25 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 16 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 11 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 8 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 10 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$0.002019-06-062026-10-142019-06-06 — best price $23.952019-10-08 — best price $24.592019-12-02 — best price $23.992020-01-19 — best price $29.932020-03-19 — best price $19.492020-06-12 — best price $29.992020-09-10 — best price $29.992020-11-19 — best price $22.492021-01-22 — best price $19.992021-03-27 — best price $25.952021-06-04 — best price $20.252021-09-15 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $14.492022-02-07 — best price $14.492022-04-10 — best price $39.992022-06-14 — best price $26.792022-09-01 — best price $39.992022-11-04 — best price $35.322023-01-06 — best price $33.592023-04-27 — best price $33.592023-07-17 — best price $23.792023-10-27 — best price $24.852024-01-10 — best price $37.492024-03-21 — best price $44.992024-05-16 — best price $49.992024-08-02 — best price $25.992024-09-25 — best price $29.032024-11-27 — best price $24.992025-01-12 — best price $26.952025-04-01 — best price $25.992025-06-03 — best price $24.992025-09-02 — best price $49.992025-11-12 — best price $49.992026-01-31 — best price $42.992026-04-03 — best price $15.242026-05-28 — best price $49.992026-08-03 — best price $10.992026-10-14 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7871742026-05-29 — 614 pageviews2026-06-02 — 550 pageviews2026-06-06 — 392 pageviews2026-06-10 — 279 pageviews2026-06-14 — 338 pageviews2026-06-18 — 270 pageviews2026-06-22 — 271 pageviews2026-06-26 — 350 pageviews2026-06-30 — 257 pageviews2026-07-04 — 252 pageviews2026-07-08 — 263 pageviews2026-07-12 — 212 pageviews2026-07-16 — 206 pageviews2026-07-20 — 240 pageviews2026-07-24 — 308 pageviews2026-07-28 — 305 pageviews2026-08-01 — 259 pageviews2026-08-05 — 265 pageviews2026-08-09 — 398 pageviews2026-08-13 — 787 pageviews2026-08-17 — 627 pageviews2026-08-21 — 403 pageviews2026-08-25 — 316 pageviews2026-08-29 — 340 pageviews2026-09-02 — 281 pageviews2026-09-06 — 314 pageviews2026-09-10 — 301 pageviews2026-09-14 — 210 pageviews2026-09-18 — 289 pageviews2026-09-22 — 238 pageviews2026-09-26 — 207 pageviews2026-09-30 — 210 pageviews2026-10-04 — 238 pageviews2026-10-07 — 174 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13102026-09-30 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 45 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
72%
earned "Welcome to Hell"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing35 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Post-launch support: 35 DLC released, first 2021-07-27, latest 2026-06-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)40,8970%195
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)38,4020%89
PS5 (PlayStation)30,3090%90

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

FPSWarGoreActionShooterMilitaryTacticalRealisticHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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