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Hunt Down The Freeman

Royal Rudius Entertainment · 2018-02-23

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Just another mission, or so you thought… until aliens from another dimension start invading Earth before a scientist with a crowbar hospitalizes you after wiping out your entire squad. Just when you thought you were finished, a man with a briefcase offers you the chance for another beginning.

3
playing now
55%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
37/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Hunt Down the Freeman is a 2018 first-person shooter video game developed and published by indie developer Royal Rudius Entertainment through the Steam distribution platform. It is a fangame of the Half-Life series by Valve Corporation, and follows U.S. Marine Mitchell Shephard through several major events in the series' canon as he attempts to find and kill Gordon Freeman.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 246 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 113k–272k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,535 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24724720182026Week of 2018-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.492018-02-242026-01-052018-02-24 — best price $21.242018-03-19 — best price $17.992018-07-05 — best price $17.992018-11-22 — best price $2.492018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-06-26 — best price $1.992019-11-27 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-01-24 — best price $2.192020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-11-26 — best price $2.492020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-02-11 — best price $3.292021-06-30 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $2.092022-12-23 — best price $1.492023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-07-01 — best price $2.492023-09-18 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $1.492025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
62%
earned "Start the Game."
13.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9436%37

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSDarkActionCasualShooterMilitaryOpen WorldSouls-likeAtmosphericBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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