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Ion Fury

Voidpoint, LLC · 3D Realms · 2019-08-15

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2019 (Linux), May 14, 2020 (PlayStation 4), May 14, 2020 (Xbox One)

3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

Ion Fury is an Action and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 6766 reviews).

4
playing now
93%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (250 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (1,120 ratings)
9h
to beat · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Ion Fury is a 2019 cyberpunk first-person shooter video game developed by Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms. It is a prequel to the 2016 video game Bombshell. Ion Fury runs on a modified version of Ken Silverman's Build engine and is the first original commercial game to utilize the engine in 20 years, the previous being Duke Nukem: Zero Hour. An expansion, Ion Fury: Aftershock, was released in October 2023.

Trailer

Ion Fury trailer thumbnail

ION FURY LAUNCH TRAILER

≈380,248 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 157 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,586 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,909 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 170k–407k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,782 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.24-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Fanatical (2023-11-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 25 of 50 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,316 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2322026-09-15 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2592Mar 2018Aug 2026Mar 2018 — avg 20 · peak 130Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 15Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 88 · peak 288Dec 2019 — avg 42 · peak 124Mar 2020 — avg 32 · peak 99Jun 2020 — avg 29 · peak 130Sep 2020 — avg 39 · peak 120Dec 2020 — avg 35 · peak 79Mar 2021 — avg 22 · peak 52Jun 2021 — avg 34 · peak 145Sep 2021 — avg 19 · peak 46Dec 2021 — avg 24 · peak 73Mar 2022 — avg 55 · peak 157Jun 2022 — avg 27 · peak 82Sep 2022 — avg 31 · peak 117Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 61Mar 2023 — avg 18 · peak 49Jun 2023 — avg 16 · peak 41Sep 2023 — avg 12 · peak 41Dec 2023 — avg 30 · peak 69Mar 2024 — avg 22 · peak 50Jun 2024 — avg 22 · peak 62Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 30Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 45Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$6.242018-02-282026-10-092018-02-28 — best price $17.992019-04-08 — best price $17.992020-01-02 — best price $24.992020-03-26 — best price $22.492020-07-14 — best price $24.992020-09-07 — best price $24.992020-10-06 — best price $24.992020-10-31 — best price $24.992020-11-26 — best price $18.362021-01-09 — best price $24.992021-02-02 — best price $24.992021-03-01 — best price $24.992021-03-24 — best price $17.932021-04-26 — best price $24.992021-05-24 — best price $24.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-12-11 — best price $24.992022-02-28 — best price $24.992022-06-08 — best price $18.362022-09-08 — best price $19.882022-11-13 — best price $8.492023-01-07 — best price $19.882023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-06-06 — best price $24.992023-08-09 — best price $19.882023-11-06 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $8.242024-04-26 — best price $19.882024-07-12 — best price $18.362024-09-10 — best price $24.992024-11-13 — best price $9.992025-01-24 — best price $9.992025-05-16 — best price $24.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-09-22 — best price $24.992025-12-03 — best price $24.992026-04-09 — best price $10.252026-08-10 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $6.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

148592026-05-31 — 79 pageviews2026-06-04 — 95 pageviews2026-06-08 — 93 pageviews2026-06-12 — 59 pageviews2026-06-16 — 106 pageviews2026-06-20 — 85 pageviews2026-06-24 — 89 pageviews2026-06-28 — 114 pageviews2026-07-02 — 84 pageviews2026-07-06 — 97 pageviews2026-07-10 — 120 pageviews2026-07-14 — 82 pageviews2026-07-18 — 93 pageviews2026-07-22 — 65 pageviews2026-07-26 — 94 pageviews2026-07-30 — 77 pageviews2026-08-03 — 99 pageviews2026-08-07 — 89 pageviews2026-08-11 — 78 pageviews2026-08-15 — 85 pageviews2026-08-19 — 120 pageviews2026-08-23 — 81 pageviews2026-08-27 — 73 pageviews2026-08-31 — 68 pageviews2026-09-04 — 75 pageviews2026-09-08 — 66 pageviews2026-09-12 — 62 pageviews2026-09-16 — 68 pageviews2026-09-20 — 105 pageviews2026-09-24 — 142 pageviews2026-09-28 — 107 pageviews2026-10-02 — 100 pageviews2026-10-06 — 83 pageviews2026-10-09 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87%
earned "Shaken, Not Stirred"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo Sound3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-09-08, latest 2023-10-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,7351%62
PS4 (PlayStation)2,3782%37
Xbox One (Xbox)1,7210%62
Switch (Nintendo)910%0

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

FPS2.5DGoreIndieRetroActionShooterViolentCyberpunkFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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