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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Necromunda: Hired Gun is a $39.99 Action and Adventure game released in 2021, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Mixed (65% of 7977 reviews).

13
playing now
65%
positive of 8.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (4.1k downloads)
3.44★
PlayStation Store rating (1,499 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Necromunda: Hired Gun trailer thumbnail

Necromunda: Hired Gun - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer

≈140,757 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13 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 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 160k–361k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,012 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$5.99-85%
Microsoft Store$5.99-85%
GOG$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 118 of 173 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

2522026-09-15 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
79511Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 795 · peak 5,452Aug 2021 — avg 55 · peak 135Oct 2021 — avg 44 · peak 150Dec 2021 — avg 53 · peak 132Feb 2022 — avg 39 · peak 105Apr 2022 — avg 47 · peak 205Jun 2022 — avg 105 · peak 408Aug 2022 — avg 74 · peak 198Oct 2022 — avg 48 · peak 109Dec 2022 — avg 52 · peak 117Feb 2023 — avg 23 · peak 55Apr 2023 — avg 30 · peak 82Jun 2023 — avg 35 · peak 133Aug 2023 — avg 19 · peak 43Oct 2023 — avg 21 · peak 52Dec 2023 — avg 29 · peak 68Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 47Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 86Jun 2024 — avg 28 · peak 96Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 45Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 77Dec 2024 — avg 19 · peak 45Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 44Apr 2025 — avg 23 · peak 55Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 55Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 53Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 53Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 43Apr 2026 — avg 18 · peak 44Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$48.99$4.662021-03-182026-10-142021-03-18 — best price $33.992021-06-28 — best price $33.992021-08-30 — best price $33.992021-11-09 — best price $39.992022-01-06 — best price $39.992022-03-03 — best price $27.992022-05-06 — best price $24.792022-07-12 — best price $17.002022-08-24 — best price $18.992022-11-15 — best price $39.992023-01-05 — best price $39.992023-03-09 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $15.992023-07-10 — best price $33.592023-08-31 — best price $39.992023-10-30 — best price $11.992024-01-05 — best price $33.192024-03-04 — best price $9.202024-04-23 — best price $39.992024-07-02 — best price $39.992024-09-05 — best price $7.992024-11-05 — best price $39.992025-01-07 — best price $35.992025-03-08 — best price $39.992025-05-02 — best price $7.992025-07-17 — best price $7.992025-09-14 — best price $35.492025-11-17 — best price $35.992026-01-19 — best price $4.772026-03-12 — best price $5.362026-05-26 — best price $5.692026-07-31 — best price $4.662026-09-09 — best price $5.992026-10-04 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

72232026-05-30 — 46 pageviews2026-06-03 — 58 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 47 pageviews2026-06-15 — 38 pageviews2026-06-19 — 39 pageviews2026-06-23 — 45 pageviews2026-06-27 — 45 pageviews2026-07-01 — 59 pageviews2026-07-05 — 60 pageviews2026-07-09 — 72 pageviews2026-07-13 — 61 pageviews2026-07-17 — 50 pageviews2026-07-21 — 43 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-29 — 48 pageviews2026-08-02 — 55 pageviews2026-08-06 — 35 pageviews2026-08-10 — 55 pageviews2026-08-14 — 50 pageviews2026-08-18 — 47 pageviews2026-08-22 — 30 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews2026-08-30 — 48 pageviews2026-09-03 — 38 pageviews2026-09-07 — 34 pageviews2026-09-11 — 42 pageviews2026-09-15 — 49 pageviews2026-09-19 — 35 pageviews2026-09-23 — 34 pageviews2026-09-27 — 48 pageviews2026-10-01 — 35 pageviews2026-10-05 — 52 pageviews2026-10-09 — 35 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

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2021-05-31, latest 2022-06-01 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DogFPSGoreActionCombatShooterViolentAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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