The Game Census
OPERATOR cover art

OPERATOR

VECTOR INTERACTIVE PTY LTD · 2023-08-01

Steam

ActionIndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 01, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

793
playing now
87%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

793 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 793 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,795 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~599/week).
  • · Review velocity up 681% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 177k–398k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,850 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-04-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,021 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,082 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k5212026-08-11 23:00 — 1,171 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 877 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 641 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 1,178 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 905 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 933 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 1,560 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 1,163 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 762 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 1,251 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 795 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 816 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1,204 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 722 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 996 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 1,414 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 830 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 1,456 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 1,574 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 571 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 1,181 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 1,184 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 582 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 980 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 915 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 521 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 1,276 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 1,117 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 793 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992023-08-012026-07-092023-08-01 — best price $19.992023-11-23 — best price $14.992023-11-25 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-15 — best price $15.992024-04-22 — best price $19.992024-06-01 — best price $14.992024-06-08 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-19 — best price $13.392024-10-26 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-08 — best price $17.992025-06-11 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-04 — best price $9.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $13.392026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

2802026-08-27 05:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 18:34 — 11 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
66%
earned "TOTAL MISSION FAILURE"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7261%26

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

Player tags

FPSPvERPGWarDarkGoreActionShooterTacticalRealistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

Breach & ClearGentleMoon 2Dude SimulatorMechWarrior 5: MercenariesWolfenstein: CyberpilotCall of Duty®: Modern Warfare®

Similarity via IGDB.

Discord ↗