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Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

Dimps Corporation · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2018-02-23

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Sword Art Online · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 18, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Feb 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2018 (Xbox One)

Experience an original story where you are the protagonist in the world of Gun Gale Online. Create your own avatar and explore devastated lands while experiencing exciting third person shooting in this action RPG.

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is an Action, RPG game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (79% of 19503 reviews) sentiment.

24
playing now
79%
positive of 20k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
330
Nexus mods (216k downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (15,573 ratings)
67/100
opencritic · fair · 13% recommend · from 62 critics
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is a Japanese third-person shooter action role-playing video game developed by Dimps for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows based on the Sword Art Online light novel series. It is the fifth game in the series and is the successor to the 2016 game Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. The PlayStation 4 version was released in Japan on February 8, 2018, with a worldwide release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows on February 23. The Nintendo Switch version was released as a Complete Edition, including all DLC, on August 8 in Japan and August 9 worldwide.

Trailer

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet trailer thumbnail

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Launch Trailer | PS4, XB1, PC

≈269,087 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 250 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,271 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 488k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,503 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Humble Store (2026-03-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 100 of 102 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 1,736 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 535 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

67242026-09-15 12:00 — 52 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 50 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 36 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 49 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 47 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 49 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 42 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 54 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 53 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 46 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 46 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 33 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 47 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 37 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 38 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 49 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 29 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 29 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 47 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.5k4Jan 2018Aug 2026Jan 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2018 — avg 605 · peak 1,332Jul 2018 — avg 739 · peak 1,605Oct 2018 — avg 356 · peak 858Jan 2019 — avg 614 · peak 1,532Apr 2019 — avg 430 · peak 866Jul 2019 — avg 1,157 · peak 2,893Oct 2019 — avg 217 · peak 442Jan 2020 — avg 511 · peak 1,171Apr 2020 — avg 321 · peak 720Jul 2020 — avg 698 · peak 1,917Oct 2020 — avg 259 · peak 906Jan 2021 — avg 261 · peak 595Apr 2021 — avg 134 · peak 445Jul 2021 — avg 358 · peak 985Oct 2021 — avg 197 · peak 512Jan 2022 — avg 236 · peak 517Apr 2022 — avg 205 · peak 599Jul 2022 — avg 197 · peak 425Oct 2022 — avg 105 · peak 201Jan 2023 — avg 191 · peak 376Apr 2023 — avg 138 · peak 353Jul 2023 — avg 150 · peak 280Oct 2023 — avg 157 · peak 498Jan 2024 — avg 114 · peak 228Apr 2024 — avg 94 · peak 180Jul 2024 — avg 239 · peak 1,002Oct 2024 — avg 162 · peak 520Jan 2025 — avg 104 · peak 213Apr 2025 — avg 67 · peak 143Jul 2025 — avg 83 · peak 147Oct 2025 — avg 83 · peak 152Jan 2026 — avg 84 · peak 276Apr 2026 — avg 66 · peak 120Jul 2026 — avg 75 · peak 131Aug 2026 — avg 81 · peak 144
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$52.88$3.712018-01-102026-10-082018-01-10 — best price $49.992018-05-26 — best price $44.992018-08-14 — best price $24.992018-11-09 — best price $49.992019-01-16 — best price $39.992019-03-28 — best price $16.002019-06-26 — best price $11.992019-10-26 — best price $39.992020-01-14 — best price $41.002020-03-13 — best price $10.562020-05-19 — best price $9.992020-08-02 — best price $8.752020-10-28 — best price $9.952021-03-19 — best price $8.992021-07-12 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-05-06 — best price $9.992022-10-03 — best price $35.992023-01-10 — best price $33.592023-05-01 — best price $39.992023-07-28 — best price $5.402023-11-02 — best price $35.992024-02-08 — best price $5.392024-05-01 — best price $5.192024-07-04 — best price $6.002024-11-11 — best price $5.992025-01-31 — best price $6.002025-05-25 — best price $5.072025-08-21 — best price $6.002025-11-10 — best price $31.492026-02-06 — best price $35.192026-04-27 — best price $16.992026-07-15 — best price $18.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

102162026-05-29 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 33 pageviews2026-06-06 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 35 pageviews2026-06-14 — 27 pageviews2026-06-18 — 61 pageviews2026-06-22 — 50 pageviews2026-06-26 — 42 pageviews2026-06-30 — 40 pageviews2026-07-04 — 71 pageviews2026-07-08 — 81 pageviews2026-07-12 — 86 pageviews2026-07-16 — 67 pageviews2026-07-20 — 56 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 26 pageviews2026-08-05 — 36 pageviews2026-08-09 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 36 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 28 pageviews2026-09-06 — 25 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 37 pageviews2026-09-22 — 24 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 29 pageviews2026-10-04 — 23 pageviews2026-10-07 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
72.2%
earned "Uniquely Dead"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on Tablet2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-02-23, latest 2026-03-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)13,2873%63
Xbox One (Xbox)12,5461%63
Steam (Steam)11,7192%63

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

RPGJRPGAnimeCo-opActionMMORPGFantasyShooterOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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