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Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed

Idea Factory · Idea Factory International · 2016-03-21

SteamGOG

ActionRPG

Franchise: Hyperdimension Neptunia · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 28, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Choose your tag team and rip through massive hordes of enemies with exciting aerial and ground-based combos. Look out, though - take too many hits and your clothes and defense will end up shredded!

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed is an Action and RPG game released in 2016 for $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 3018 reviews).

2
playing now
92%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed is a hack and slash video game developed by Compile Heart and Tamsoft and published by Idea Factory International. As a spin-off title in the Hyperdimension Neptunia game series, it was announced by Compile Heart at the 2014 Dengeki Stage Event when the game was being created by Tamsoft who is known for their work with the Senran Kagura and Onechanbara games. The game was released in Japan on August 28, 2014, and in North America and the PAL region in May 2015 for the PlayStation Vita.

Trailer

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed trailer thumbnail

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed Battle Preview PAL

≈18,170 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 75k–181k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,018 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Fanatical (2019-07-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 99 of 142 observed days · $5.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3652Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 365 · peak 1,225Jul 2016 — avg 77 · peak 211Nov 2016 — avg 25 · peak 104Mar 2017 — avg 18 · peak 106Jul 2017 — avg 27 · peak 70Nov 2017 — avg 16 · peak 58Mar 2018 — avg 14 · peak 37Jul 2018 — avg 21 · peak 58Nov 2018 — avg 14 · peak 41Mar 2019 — avg 15 · peak 43Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 26Nov 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2020 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.482016-03-212026-10-142016-03-21 — best price $17.992016-09-21 — best price $25.572017-03-03 — best price $7.502017-10-24 — best price $29.992018-04-20 — best price $29.992018-09-12 — best price $29.992018-12-13 — best price $5.402019-03-11 — best price $3.942019-07-09 — best price $24.992019-10-09 — best price $3.752020-01-05 — best price $29.992020-03-02 — best price $5.242020-06-11 — best price $3.372020-09-24 — best price $7.492021-01-08 — best price $5.242021-05-01 — best price $5.992021-08-20 — best price $5.992021-12-04 — best price $14.992022-03-12 — best price $8.242022-07-11 — best price $4.492022-09-30 — best price $5.992023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-04-10 — best price $14.992023-07-17 — best price $4.092023-10-16 — best price $11.822024-01-29 — best price $12.192024-05-06 — best price $14.992024-08-15 — best price $4.492024-11-16 — best price $14.992025-03-10 — best price $4.502025-09-04 — best price $14.992025-12-24 — best price $4.492026-04-20 — best price $11.512026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-09-14 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3132026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 12 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 31 pageviews2026-08-11 — 27 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-19 — 12 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 14 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 12 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 14 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "Neptune, I Choose You!"
32.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-03-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,69611%35

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

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeFunnyActionComedyMatureNudityBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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