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Thunder Tier One

KRAFTON, Inc. · 2021-12-07

Steam

ActionSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

89
playing now
69%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 89 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 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

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

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

89162026-08-06 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 33 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 67 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 66 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 63 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 60 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 48 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 33 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 32 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 27 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 48 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 35 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 37 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 38 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 89 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-11-022025-05-122021-11-02 — 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 $0.00
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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