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Ion Fury

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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!

13
playing now
93%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
9h
to beat · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 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 14% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 169k–406k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,766 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-60%
Microsoft Store$24.99

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 30 of 54 observed days · $17.50 above the all-time low (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

2942026-08-06 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$7.492018-02-282026-08-282018-02-28 — 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 $24.992026-08-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

159592026-05-31 — 79 pageviews2026-06-03 — 79 pageviews2026-06-06 — 78 pageviews2026-06-09 — 65 pageviews2026-06-12 — 59 pageviews2026-06-15 — 108 pageviews2026-06-18 — 80 pageviews2026-06-21 — 89 pageviews2026-06-24 — 89 pageviews2026-06-27 — 95 pageviews2026-06-30 — 83 pageviews2026-07-03 — 79 pageviews2026-07-06 — 97 pageviews2026-07-09 — 99 pageviews2026-07-12 — 116 pageviews2026-07-15 — 74 pageviews2026-07-18 — 93 pageviews2026-07-21 — 99 pageviews2026-07-24 — 77 pageviews2026-07-27 — 94 pageviews2026-07-30 — 77 pageviews2026-08-02 — 95 pageviews2026-08-05 — 72 pageviews2026-08-08 — 100 pageviews2026-08-11 — 78 pageviews2026-08-14 — 60 pageviews2026-08-17 — 84 pageviews2026-08-20 — 91 pageviews2026-08-23 — 81 pageviews2026-08-26 — 79 pageviews2026-08-27 — 73 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

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.

Player tags

FPS2.5DGoreIndieRetroActionShooterViolentCyberpunkFast-Paced

Census log

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

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