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Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire

Illusion Softworks · 2K · 2017-12-20

SteamGOG

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 21, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a first and third person tactical shooter that builds upon the tremendous success of Hidden & Dangerous. You lead a small squad of Allied soldiers deep behind enemy lines, to carry out secret missions during World War II.

Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire is an Action Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 1011 reviews).

19
playing now
95%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (17k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a tactical shooter video game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering. It was released October 2003 for Microsoft Windows. It is the second installment and the direct sequel to 2K Czech's predecessor Hidden & Dangerous, it features similar gameplay concepts and themes. Illusion Softworks and creative director Petr Vochozka based the game's setting on stealth operations undertaken by the British Special Air Service behind Axis lines during the Second World War.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,011 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.29 at WinGameStore (2025-07-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 40 of 84 observed days · $8.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2932026-09-15 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 29 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
177Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 24Mar 2018 — avg 14 · peak 71Jun 2018 — avg 11 · peak 46Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 23Dec 2018 — avg 15 · peak 47Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 33Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2019 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2019 — avg 11 · peak 37Mar 2020 — avg 12 · peak 39Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 65Sep 2020 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2020 — avg 15 · peak 39Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 28Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 23Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 41Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 38Mar 2023 — avg 14 · peak 36Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 31Dec 2023 — avg 14 · peak 38Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 40Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 38Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 32Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 32Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34Mar 2026 — avg 12 · peak 41Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 36Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.19$1.292017-02-232026-10-152017-02-23 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-03-20 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992019-03-21 — best price $3.292019-08-13 — best price $9.992020-01-07 — best price $3.292020-02-07 — best price $9.812020-03-16 — best price $3.292020-05-30 — best price $9.192020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-03-14 — best price $9.992021-08-18 — best price $10.272021-12-13 — best price $3.292022-03-02 — best price $10.002022-06-17 — best price $3.292022-09-27 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $3.292023-06-23 — best price $9.992023-10-17 — best price $9.992024-02-14 — best price $3.292024-04-14 — best price $9.632024-08-19 — best price $9.632025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-08-31 — best price $9.992025-12-04 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $1.502026-06-30 — best price $9.692026-09-03 — best price $1.492026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $1.492026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69242026-06-01 — 33 pageviews2026-06-05 — 44 pageviews2026-06-09 — 33 pageviews2026-06-13 — 24 pageviews2026-06-17 — 31 pageviews2026-06-21 — 39 pageviews2026-06-25 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 35 pageviews2026-07-03 — 31 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-11 — 47 pageviews2026-07-15 — 36 pageviews2026-07-19 — 39 pageviews2026-07-23 — 38 pageviews2026-07-27 — 51 pageviews2026-07-31 — 34 pageviews2026-08-04 — 25 pageviews2026-08-08 — 26 pageviews2026-08-12 — 33 pageviews2026-08-16 — 69 pageviews2026-08-20 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 36 pageviews2026-08-28 — 34 pageviews2026-09-01 — 53 pageviews2026-09-05 — 29 pageviews2026-09-09 — 36 pageviews2026-09-13 — 32 pageviews2026-09-17 — 34 pageviews2026-09-21 — 31 pageviews2026-09-25 — 32 pageviews2026-09-29 — 35 pageviews2026-10-03 — 30 pageviews2026-10-07 — 28 pageviews2026-10-11 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

FPSWarCo-opActionClassicShooterStealthStrategyTacticalMultiplayer

Census log

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

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