Dirty Bomb®
Fast-paced team shooter with mercenary abilities and timed objectives
Splash Damage · Published by Warchest Ltd. · Released Jun 2, 2015
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 81% of 57K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 27 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 16
- peak 24h 31
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 5 months ago
- Apr 15, 2026
Metacritic: 63/100 (critic reviews)
What is Dirty Bomb®?
This free-to-play, team-based first-person shooter takes place in London after dirty bomb attacks, as mercenaries fight for a disaster agency or a criminal syndicate targeting its technology. In online matches, you choose a mercenary with distinct abilities and fight over timed objectives across parts of the city. Stopwatch mode has teams switch sides to compare completion times.
For you if...
- +you like fast-paced firefights built around teamwork
- +you enjoy switching between characters with different abilities
Not for you if...
- −you want a solo campaign instead of online PvP
- −you prefer slow, forgiving firefights over demanding competition
What players say
81% of 56,811 reviews are positive · 70% of 27 in the last 30 days
Players praise the variety of mercenary playstyles and the fast team combat. Their main complaint is the small player base: matches can be hard to find, and some newcomers report being kicked or treated poorly. Players also note that updates have stopped.
Screenshots and trailer
Dirty Bomb® system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (64-bit)
- Processor
- 2.33 GHz Dual Core
- Graphics
- 512MB - GeForce 7800GTX
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 7 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 (64-bit) or better
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz Quad Core or better
- Graphics
- 2GB - GeForce 710 or better
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 7 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 77
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards, In-app purchases
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Hero Shooter
- Free to Play
- FPS
- Multiplayer
- Shooter
- Action
- Team-Based
- First-Person
- Fast-Paced
- Co-op
- PvP
- Class-Based
- Competitive
- Parkour
- Massively Multiplayer
- Post-apocalyptic
Recent updates
- Apr 15, 2026 · Server Hosting Update: xREALM
- Aug 28, 2018 · AUGUST 28TH UPDATE: THE 1.0 UPDATE
- Aug 7, 2018 · AUGUST 7TH UPDATE: FRAGMENT CASE UPDATE, DOUBLE LOADOUT CASE DROPS AND OBSIDIAN OPERATIVE PROXY
- Jul 24, 2018 · July 24th Update: Weapon Case Keys for Credits, Obsidian Operative Skyhammer and Fine Tuning
- Jul 3, 2018 · July 3rd Update: Community Server Fixes and Feature Improvements
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