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Dagger Directive

84% positive · 654 Steam reviews · released Jun 3, 2025 · by Arcane Alpacas LLC

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~21,582 (P10–P90: 8,633 – 47,480)

Gross revenue: ~$353,768 ($141,510 – $778,283)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 67% positive across 30 stored reviews. Action games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 84% (median of 3353 games).

Gameplay & mechanics79% positive · 56 mentions
“Amazing. Great spiritual successor. People who have never played a delta force game(The new game is not a delta force game) Can't wrap their head around this game imitates that gameplay. "Wah I gotta walk for literally 1 minute to the next…”Recommended · Steam review · Sep 2025 · 4 h played
Performance & stability63% positive · 51 mentions
“I grew up on Novalogic games, especially Delta Force 2. I was a little kid, but my dad was involved in the dev scene and the guys at Novalogic were family friends on the early internet. This game is a dead ringer for that classic novalogic…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 6 h played
Visuals & audio80% positive · 44 mentions
“the fact it has more sane dev roadmap than any other indie tactical shooters and has graphics that tries to be a homage to 90s and 2000s tactical shooters like Delta Force 1998 and the really first Rainbow Six makes it more unique than any…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2026 · 5 h played
Content & longevity83% positive · 41 mentions
“the fact it has more sane dev roadmap than any other indie tactical shooters and has graphics that tries to be a homage to 90s and 2000s tactical shooters like Delta Force 1998 and the really first Rainbow Six makes it more unique than any…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2026 · 5 h played
Multiplayer & community84% positive · 38 mentions
“Really makes you feeeeeel like a High Speed Low Drag Tier One LARPerator without having to join a unit run by a guy who would have a heart attack if he had to do an irl ruck march. Only get and play with friends tho it doesn't seem like…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2026 · 12 h played
Price & value74% positive · 23 mentions
“Absolute banger. Comes with 3 campaigns with 5 missions each. The armory has no right being this good for a game of this price. Have fun ruining the npcs' day with all the standard small arms, FPV drones, javelin missiles, and even…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 8 h played
Difficulty & balance86% positive · 22 mentions
“Really makes you feeeeeel like a High Speed Low Drag Tier One LARPerator without having to join a unit run by a guy who would have a heart attack if he had to do an irl ruck march. Only get and play with friends tho it doesn't seem like…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2026 · 12 h played
Controls & UI83% positive · 18 mentions
“im only 7 hours in but i feel like i have experienced most of of the game has to offer, i think the game is good and is worth the price. i have been waiting for a tactical shooter to prioritise the actual game part of the game instead of…”Recommended · Steam review · Nov 2025 · 7 h played
Story & writing87% positive · 15 mentions
“I grew up on Novalogic games, especially Delta Force 2. I was a little kid, but my dad was involved in the dev scene and the guys at Novalogic were family friends on the early internet. This game is a dead ringer for that classic novalogic…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 6 h played

300 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

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Single-playerMultiplayerCo-opOnline co-op

Platform features

AchievementsFull controller supportWorkshopSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to playEarly Access

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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