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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

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!

2
playing now
92%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

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 21% of 10,830 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 75k–181k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,017 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 66 of 106 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

802026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.482016-03-212026-08-302016-03-21 — 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 $14.992026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5432026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 15 pageviews2026-06-15 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 19 pageviews2026-07-03 — 21 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-09 — 18 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 54 pageviews2026-08-11 — 27 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 13 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

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.

Player tags

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Census log

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

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