Action · October 27, 2020

Ghostrunner (2020)

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Ghostrunner is a hardcore FPP slasher packed with lightning-fast action, set in a grim, cyberpunk megastructure. Climb Dharma Tower, humanity’s last shelter, after a world-ending cataclysm. Make your way up from the bottom to the top, confront the tyrannical Keymaster, and take your revenge. The streets of this tower city are full of violence. Mara the Keymaster rules with an iron fist and little regard for human life. As resources diminish, the strong prey on the weak and chaos threatens to consume what little order remains. The decisive last stand is coming. A final attempt to set things right before mankind goes over the edge of extinction. As the most advanced blade fighter ever created, you’re always outnumbered but never outclassed. Slice your enemies with a monomolecular katana, dodge bullets with your superhuman reflexes, and employ a variety of specialized techniques to prevail. One-hit one-kill mechanics make combat fast and intense. Use your superior mobility (and frequent checkpoints!) to engage in a never-ending dance with death fearlessly. Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Action releases from 2020

236 Action titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume63.1k Steam reviewsTop 10% in Action
Positive rating91% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 32%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 36% of Action titles
Concurrent peak174 playersTop 27% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 56% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Action · 753
  • Cyberpunk · 697
  • Fast-Paced · 686
  • First-Person · 667
  • Difficult · 595
  • Swordplay · 572
  • Singleplayer · 566
  • Hack and Slash · 479
  • Futuristic · 463
  • Violent · 450
  • Sci-fi · 427
  • Great Soundtrack · 370
  • Action-Adventure · 348
  • Combat · 336
  • Adventure · 306

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Korean
  • Traditional Chinese

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Ukrainian

Reception Metrics

Steam community

91%Very Positive · 63.1k reviews

57.5k positive · 5.7k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.3/10

Curator recommendations

45.6k

Peak concurrent players

174

Press Quotes

“Elegance, precision, and power” 9/10 – Shacknews (US) “One of the best platformers of the year is in … first person?... Ghostrunner nails platforming with all the grace of a cyborg ninja” Recommended – Polygon (US) “The story is solid, the world is beautiful, and the precision insane” 9/10 – God is a Geek

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

45

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 27, 2020
DeveloperOne More Level, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks™, All in! Games
Publisher505 Games
Base price$7.49 -75%
DLC / Add-ons7 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Blood and gore in realistic graphics. Violence on human and human-like characters. Mutilated and dismembered bodies. Mature coarse language. The fear-inducing atmosphere, events, and characters.

Editions & Packages

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