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Dirty Bomb®
Work together or die alone! Fight to restore peace to London or tear it down for profit in the most challenging team based shooter around.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
35 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I miss this game. Wish the alternative wasn't the finals, cause its not even close. RIP Dirty Bomb.”
“Great game, not slop enough to survive in this market. Community servers keeping this gem alive.”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Since I am healer main in most games this one sticked with me the most. I might be terrible at it, but at least I can support my team mates with revives and heals. Developers and Artists really gave their best to tell…”
“Fast paced, punchy gun play and funny quips. It's a sleeper for sure.”
“great characters and good gameplay its free and worth playing even today , lobbies are rarely filled but even then its still good fun”
4 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Great game, not slop enough to survive in this market. Community servers keeping this gem alive.”
“They added community server hosting and finally I can enjoy this game again all these years later. This game was a really big deal to me once upon a time, and it feels great to be back. Please come play this game so…”
3 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“It was a hot mess but what a great mess it was. I will always miss Execution Mode forever. Thanks for introducing me to so many wonderful people”
“great game, great community of 32 people, love the cod lobby vibe”
3 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Easily one of the best F2P arcade shooters to ever come out!! If you haven't played it, you might as well give it a try!!!”
“great characters and good gameplay its free and worth playing even today , lobbies are rarely filled but even then its still good fun”
24 of the 97 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“Good game when it was new, but it ran out of steam relatively quickly. Not played much anymore but its still worth a postivie review.”
“Since I am healer main in most games this one sticked with me the most. I might be terrible at it, but at least I can support my team mates with revives and heals. Developers and Artists really gave their best to tell…”
“I never understood why the developer abandoned this game. It’s a masterpiece. I have so many memories with it, but at some point I stopped playing—that was a long time ago. Sadly, the game is pretty much dead now. :(”
8 of the 97 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I never understood why the developer abandoned this game. It’s a masterpiece. I have so many memories with it, but at some point I stopped playing—that was a long time ago. Sadly, the game is pretty much dead now. :(”
“i got recommended to play it by a friend. i used Vpn cause the game not available in my country. Got banned Immediately! after 3148 day(s) since last ban i been contacting the company by their email for so many times to…”
“great game in the past but not supported anymore”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“game doesnt support gsync”
“Not Linux Compatible. Boots up and will display initial lading screen, but then just plays music and stays at a black screen forever.”
4 of the 97 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The Game is super fun and about it's bad side all I can say is that there are very few player and few servers are available if not then this Game is a 5/5”
“i thought this game died years ago, but apparently they just shut down all the official servers and transitioned to all community run servers now. i cant really recommend people pick up a game where a community of under…”
4 of the 97 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“man i remember this game with a slight degree of fondness... mostly because it was one of the handful of games which ran well on my old, bargain-bin desktop. yet somehow it runs like utter dogwater on even vaguely…”
“you know this game is good my only issues is the fact some operators you have to really grind if they made it so you had to unlock them via other means like idk "get 100 kills with a sniper rifle" or just "win 40…”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“They stopped updating the game long ago but instead of shutting the whole thing down like most AAA devs would, they left the servers up, made every character free and even made crafting cosmetics less grindy. Thanks you for that”
— a player, Steam review · 419 hrs played“Look, I don't know how many people are gonna see this, but I just have to give my love to this game. The amount of character and soul that was poured into it is truly commendable, and even seven years after it stopped receiving updates there are still a handful of community…”
— a player, Steam review · 124 hrs played“This was an amazing game back in the day. My old account probably had 700+ hours on it. But now that the devs abandoned the game as well as the community, the only players now are those who never stopped. It's their stomping grounds, and its not friendly to either new players or…”
— a player, Steam review · 67 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Server Hosting Update: xREALM
We’re happy to announce that in partnership with xREALM, community server rentals are once again available to players. You can now rent a Dirty Bomb server through xREALM by heading over to Dirty Bomb
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Hero Shooter · Free to Play · FPS · Multiplayer · Shooter · Action · Team-Based · First-Person · Fast-Paced · Co-op · PvP · Class-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 77 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.dirtybomb.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit) Processor: 2.33 GHz Dual Core Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB - GeForce 7800GTX DirectX: Version 9.0 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 7 GB available space Sound Card: Generic Sound Card