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Thunder Tier One cover art

Thunder Tier One

KRAFTON, Inc. · 2021-12-07

Steam

ActionSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.

Thunder Tier One is an Action, Simulation, and Free To Play game released in 2021, priced at free-to-play, with a Mixed sentiment (69% of 5696 reviews) and an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000.

23
playing now
69%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Thunder Tier One trailer thumbnail

Thunder Tier One - Official Launch Trailer

≈843,696 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 507 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,786 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20212026Week of 2021-12-01: 2,283 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 503 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

314162026-09-15 12:00 — 38 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 44 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 36 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 46 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 106 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 92 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 75 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 314 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 115 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 124 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 125 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 119 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 34 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 53 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 43 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 26 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k0Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2021 — avg 1,211 · peak 6,382Feb 2022 — avg 61 · peak 155Apr 2022 — avg 30 · peak 73Jun 2022 — avg 16 · peak 62Aug 2022 — avg 40 · peak 230Oct 2022 — avg 16 · peak 57Dec 2022 — avg 33 · peak 102Feb 2023 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 23Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2025 — avg 155 · peak 501Aug 2025 — avg 50 · peak 115Oct 2025 — avg 38 · peak 93Dec 2025 — avg 48 · peak 110Feb 2026 — avg 52 · peak 181Apr 2026 — avg 76 · peak 287Jun 2026 — avg 54 · peak 168Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 119
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-11-022026-09-282021-11-02 — best price $19.992022-08-16 — best price $11.992022-08-23 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992025-05-12 — best price $0.002026-09-28 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
80.7%
earned "Recruit Operator"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,5020%36

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

PvEPvPCo-opCombatShooterMilitaryModdableTacticalTop-DownRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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