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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.

First-Person ShooterOpen World

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Would you recommend it?
Player score
8.1/10
56,819 reviews
Released
2015
Developer
Splash Damage
Platforms
1 systems
Critics
63
Steam Deck
unsupported
Download
7 GB
We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is 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.

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released1 June 2015
DeveloperSplash Damage
PublisherWarchest Ltd.
PlatformsPC
GenresFirst-Person Shooter, Open World
Languages6 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata , seeded TBA. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Dirty Bomb received?

Players81%positive of 56,819 · Very Positive
Metacritic63critic aggregate, PC
Achievements77on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

6 declared features

Seeing

  • Subtitle Options
  • Camera Comfort

Hearing

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Stereo Sound
  • Surround Sound

Input

  • Playable without Timed Input

Difficulty

None declared

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
CapabilitySupport
ControllerNot stated
Cloud savesNo
Cross-platform playNo
Mod supportNo official workshop
Online playYes
In-game purchasesYes
Steam Deckunsupported
Download size7 GB
Add-on contentNone listed
Age gateNone

Content descriptors

  • Frequent violence or gore
  • General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

Free

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Is Dirty Bomb worth it?

81% of 56,819 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. It is free to play, and critics score it 63/100. About 40 people were playing at once when we last checked, so it is still active.

That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. We have not published our own review of this game.

How long is Dirty Bomb? How long to beat it

Total play time for Dirty Bomb is about 147.2 hours to do everything, and around 75 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.

Dirty Bomb length by how much you play
How you playHoursPlayers logged
Just the main story: straight through the critical path75h2
Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do125h1
Completionist: everything: 100% the game147.2h1

Dirty Bomb is free to play, so the only cost is your time: about 75 hours to beat it.

Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.

Where Dirty Bomb sits on the grid

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Is Dirty Bomb still active? Players right now

40concurrent playerssnapshot, 19 October 2026
29%busier than this shareof the 1,496 games we track
57,167Steam reviews writtenevery one an owner

Dirty Bomb has a small, niche following: 40 people were playing at once when we last read Steam on 19 October 2026. This is a snapshot, not a live counter, and it is a recent concurrent reading rather than an all-time record. For what is trending across the catalogue right now, see the pulse.

How many people own Dirty Bomb

5.0M–10MEstimated owners on Steama band, not a figure · SteamSpy
57,167Reviews writtena floor: every one owns it
40Playing at peak, recentlyconcurrent players

This is an estimate, not a sales figure, and the two are not interchangeable. SteamSpy samples public profiles and publishes a range; the range here spans a factor of 2.0, and that width is the honest part of it. We show both ends rather than a midpoint, because a midpoint would look like a measurement.

Steam only. Console and storefront sales are not counted, so a game that sold heavily elsewhere reads low here. Read on 19 October 2026. Where a publisher has announced a real unit figure, that appears separately and carries its source.

Dirty Bomb price & deals: is it on sale?

We have one reading so far: Free on 30 August 2026. Prices are checked daily from here, and this becomes a chart once there is more than one point to join. A single observation is a price, not a history.

Latest Dirty Bomb updates & patch notes

Pulled from Dirty Bomb's own Steam feed on 5 September 2026. Posts marked as from the studio were written by the developer; the rest are articles Steam syndicated from elsewhere. Every one links to its source.

  1. Server Hosting Update: xREALM · From the studio

What readers say about Dirty Bomb

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Games like Dirty Bomb

24 games overlap with Dirty Bomb on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are TOXIKK, BRINK and Will To Live Online.

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Common questions about Dirty Bomb

What platforms is Dirty Bomb on?

Dirty Bomb is available on PC. It first released in 2015.

Is Dirty Bomb free?

Yes. Dirty Bomb is free to download on Steam. It carries in-game purchases.

Do players recommend Dirty Bomb?

81% of 56,819 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Dirty Bomb?

63 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does Dirty Bomb work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Dirty Bomb as unsupported on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

How big is the Dirty Bomb download?

7 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.

Who made Dirty Bomb?

Dirty Bomb was developed by Splash Damage and published by Warchest Ltd..

Is Dirty Bomb worth it in 2026?

81% of 56,819 Steam reviews are positive (Very Positive), and it is free to play. That is the strongest signal we hold; "worth it" depends on the price you pay and what you want, so weigh the sentiment against the current price above.

Is Dirty Bomb dead?

No. About 40 people were in-game at once when we last read Steam's concurrent-player figure. Peak activity is higher; this is a recent snapshot, not the all-time peak.

How long does it take to beat Dirty Bomb?

about 75 hours for the main story, 125 hours with the main extras, 147.2 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.