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Hired Ops

Absolut Soft LLC · 2021-04-13

Steam

ActionFree To PlayMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.

Hired Ops is a 2021 Action, Free To Play, and Massively Multiplayer game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 16,153 reviews).

85
playing now
68%
positive of 16k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

85 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Hired Ops is set in the Russia 2028 universe(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Hired Ops trailer thumbnail

Brand New Hired Ops Teaser Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 85 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 458 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2016-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
76276220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 474 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

147342026-09-14 20:00 — 71 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 54 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 91 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 104 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 48 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 89 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 112 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 38 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 80 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 119 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 39 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 76 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 126 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 42 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 81 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 147 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 47 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 57 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 87 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 88 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 54 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 88 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 96 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 85 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6339Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 215 · peak 535Feb 2017 — avg 58 · peak 168Jun 2017 — avg 39 · peak 119Oct 2017 — avg 30 · peak 85Feb 2018 — avg 18 · peak 51Jun 2018 — avg 11 · peak 51Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 37Feb 2019 — avg 12 · peak 35Jun 2019 — avg 16 · peak 65Oct 2019 — avg 61 · peak 148Feb 2020 — avg 45 · peak 111Jun 2020 — avg 101 · peak 215Oct 2020 — avg 113 · peak 271Feb 2021 — avg 149 · peak 360Jun 2021 — avg 408 · peak 989Oct 2021 — avg 191 · peak 414Feb 2022 — avg 138 · peak 269Jun 2022 — avg 322 · peak 524Oct 2022 — avg 340 · peak 646Feb 2023 — avg 293 · peak 508Jun 2023 — avg 231 · peak 398Oct 2023 — avg 210 · peak 391Feb 2024 — avg 226 · peak 409Jun 2024 — avg 168 · peak 305Oct 2024 — avg 144 · peak 266Feb 2025 — avg 145 · peak 253Jun 2025 — avg 80 · peak 197Oct 2025 — avg 110 · peak 204Feb 2026 — avg 120 · peak 210Jun 2026 — avg 61 · peak 108Aug 2026 — avg 73 · peak 132
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002016-10-212019-08-162016-10-21 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $7.492017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-02-25 — best price $7.492017-02-27 — best price $9.992019-08-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
56.6%
earned "MERC"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,4540%17

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

FPSPvPCo-opActionModernShooterMilitaryControllerAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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