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Necromunda: Hired Gun

Streum On Studio · Focus Entertainment · 2021-05-31

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000, Necromunda · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 01, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 01, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jun 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 01, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Become a Hired Gun. The money’s good, the dog’s loyal, and the gun’s reliable. Embark on a fast-paced, violent, and thrilling FPS set in the darkest reaches of Warhammer 40,000’s most infamous hive city.

27
playing now
65%
positive of 8.0k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Necromunda: Hired Gun is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Streum On Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game is based on Games Workshop's 1995 tabletop game Necromunda. It is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and takes place on the mechanized planet of Necromunda, where the player works for various factions in the planet's criminal underworld.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 278 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,637 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 160k–359k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,977 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$5.40-86%
Humble Store$5.99-85%
GOG$5.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-85%
GamersGate$6.00-85%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.96 at GameBillet (2025-10-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 96 of 146 observed days · $1.03 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20212026Week of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,932 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 705 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2702026-08-06 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$48.99$4.772021-03-182026-08-302021-03-18 — best price $33.992021-06-20 — best price $35.192021-08-23 — best price $35.992021-11-01 — best price $39.992021-12-25 — best price $29.992022-02-14 — best price $24.792022-04-23 — best price $21.992022-06-11 — best price $33.992022-08-14 — best price $16.992022-10-20 — best price $31.592022-12-10 — best price $33.992023-02-07 — best price $39.992023-04-06 — best price $15.992023-06-04 — best price $33.992023-07-24 — best price $13.842023-09-26 — best price $39.992023-11-20 — best price $9.992024-02-01 — best price $33.192024-03-15 — best price $9.162024-05-05 — best price $35.992024-07-22 — best price $35.992024-09-12 — best price $6.952024-11-21 — best price $7.592025-01-12 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.362025-05-02 — best price $7.992025-07-13 — best price $37.992025-09-08 — best price $7.362025-11-03 — best price $33.172026-01-08 — best price $38.792026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-05-07 — best price $36.792026-07-09 — best price $35.492026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

78232026-05-30 — 46 pageviews2026-06-02 — 60 pageviews2026-06-05 — 48 pageviews2026-06-08 — 54 pageviews2026-06-11 — 47 pageviews2026-06-14 — 42 pageviews2026-06-17 — 52 pageviews2026-06-20 — 37 pageviews2026-06-23 — 45 pageviews2026-06-26 — 49 pageviews2026-06-29 — 49 pageviews2026-07-02 — 50 pageviews2026-07-05 — 60 pageviews2026-07-08 — 52 pageviews2026-07-11 — 52 pageviews2026-07-14 — 37 pageviews2026-07-17 — 50 pageviews2026-07-20 — 62 pageviews2026-07-23 — 42 pageviews2026-07-26 — 46 pageviews2026-07-29 — 48 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 31 pageviews2026-08-07 — 37 pageviews2026-08-10 — 55 pageviews2026-08-13 — 40 pageviews2026-08-16 — 45 pageviews2026-08-19 — 49 pageviews2026-08-22 — 30 pageviews2026-08-25 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned "The Bounty"
16.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing8 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,3884%48
PS5 (PlayStation)3,13317%49
Xbox One (Xbox)2,6335%48
PS4 (PlayStation)1,23116%49

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

Player tags

DogFPSGoreActionCombatShooterViolentAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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