Action · September 7, 2020
Necromunda: Underhive Wars (2020)
Deep below the nightmarish, polluted hive cities of Necromunda, in the twisted, vertiginous, dark tunnels of the Underhive, rival gangs fight to the bitter end for personal power, wealth, survival and the honour of their Houses. Only the strongest survive. Lead, customize, and grow your gangs of Escher, Goliath, and Orlock. Specialize each member and send them to battle in hazardous dystopian environments. Exploit the terrain in tactical gunfights: climb raised walkways to take advantage, set traps, and ambush foes to force them into bloody melee engagements. Learn new skills, loot equipment and bring your evolved gang to 4-player online gang fights. Lead and evolve your gangs in this compelling tactical-RPG Follow a rich narrative campaign in the Underhive Engage in immersive and persistent game modes First video game adaptation from mythical tabletop game Necromunda, the most famous Hive World of Warhammer 40,000 Play solo or join thrilling 4-way online gang fights
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Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 2.9k Steam reviews | Top 81% in Action |
| Positive rating | 56% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 97% |
| Metacritic | 59/100 | Genre average 77 — top 96% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 33 h average | Top 13% for session depth among Action |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Action · 86
- Strategy · 85
- Warhammer 40K · 62
- Turn-Based Strategy · 60
- Tactical RPG · 51
- Third Person · 44
- Multiplayer · 39
- PvP · 35
- Singleplayer · 34
- Gore · 21
- Violent · 21
- Games Workshop · 17
- Turn-Based · 13
- Character Customization · 9
- Turn-Based Tactics · 8
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Online PvP
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (8)
- English volume_up
- French volume_up
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Simplified Chinese
- Polish
- Russian volume_up
Full audio (3)
- English
- French
- Russian
Reception Metrics
Steam community
56%Mixed · 2.9k reviews
1.6k positive · 1.3k negative
Metacritic
59/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
3.1/10
Curator recommendations
2.7k
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
33h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
6h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
32h
Current engagement
Achievements
27
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Sep 7, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Rogue Factor |
| Publisher | Focus Entertainment |
| Base price | $1.99 -90% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 4 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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