Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Game
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Necromunda: Hired Gun
Developer Streum On Studio
Necromunda: Hired Gun is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Streum On Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game is based on Games Workshop's 1995 tabletop game Necromunda. It is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and takes place on the mechanized planet of Necromunda, where the player works for various factions in the planet's criminal underworld. Necromunda: Hired Gun was released for… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
395 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
55
Mixed
127 positive · 104 negative
95% range 49–61%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 127 | 104 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 22 | 6 | 106 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 12 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
3,438 of 5,309 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
53% recommend · 118 yes, 105 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 223 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (5,209 of 8,015 positive).
Players praise the game's Warhammer 40k atmosphere and environments. [1][2][3] Common complaints include bugs, a weak story, and repetitive missions. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
“Preem vibe, trash execution.” Necromunda: Hired Gun looks incredible. Genuinely. It’s the kind of game that screenshots like a dream—hive city cathedrals, dripping neon, and oversized Warhammer greebles packed into every corner. The cinematic level design is a visual feast, and on paper, this should be the definitive underhive power fantasy. Unfortunately, once you actually start playing, the illusion collapses. …
- [14]
Sorry to write this but the game is a wash. It crashed 3-5 times. The UI is unintuitive and annoying to figure out. Story is disapointing. You are a pawn in someone else game but have no emotional connection to anything that is happening. The only characters I liked were the dog and the guide. Only emotions I felt was slight horror watching my dog being turned into a cyborg, sorry boy but I don't even know if it was …
- [1]
The devs spent 99% of their time lovingly creating some of the best 40k environments around. They perfectly captured the vibes and the insane scale of everything warhammer. Absolutely one of the best experiences for just walking around and existing in a warhammer place. Also the soundtrack kind of slaps. Then they spent about 30 seconds slapping a game onto those environments and called it a day. The story is barely …
- [3]
With its fast movement and traversal mechanics, gory combat, special powers and clear focus on gunplay, Necromunda : Hired Gun is definitely what you'd call a Boomer Shooter. I hope that it's not derogatory or shows my age, because... I've enjoyed it ! Let's get something out of the way first, though : Necromunda is ugly. Even on high settings, the game's textures and colors look washed-out, the characters lack …
- [15]
Hired Gun poses the question: What if a game is fun, but not well made at all? Well you get the thrilling disaster that is this game. The game has not one aspect that is perfect, everything is at least rough. Reviewing this game is hard cause I do not even remember what I just played, I felt like I was drunk the whole time and forgot everything after I blacked out. (Closed the game) The game is super fast, super …
Summarised from 34 of the 357 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Necromunda: Hired Gun sits at 55% positive across 231 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Necromunda: Hired Gun received "mixed or average" reviews from critics for most platforms, except for the PS4 version which received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. VG247's Sherif Saed praised the game's combat, writing that "My desire to see what strange location the game was going to send me next kept me hooked on the main story thread, but it's the game's combat which made that journey exciting". He disliked how the game bound multiple actions to the same button, "Jumping into a wall, wall-running and jumping away all inexplicably use a single button. This finicky setup made it harder to pull off in the heat of combat than it needed to…
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Reactions
60 of 395 · most liked firstGames Workshop just introduced Vermin Supreme to Necromunda
neutral · AI labelView post →I played my first game of Necromunda, and it ended with one of my men dying in the hospital after paying for his surgery. Followed by me selling off my cyber dog to get my leader back, who got captured mid-game. So yeah, things are going OKAY for me so far 😅
neutral · AI labelView post →dang now that i think about it you know what i played the most? NECROMUNDA. loved that game seems like nobody ever talks about it anymore though. had a gang of spyre hunters with big dang claws
positive · AI labelView post →Played game five of my #Necromunda campaign this morning as my Enforcers raid a Delaque Gambling den. It did not go well with Natch-Gul and a Spector ambushing the flanks. Did get to use a load of new tiles though including the market street and the guild hall (representing the den). #Warhammer
neutral · AI labelView post →I better play this game for the amount of stuff I’ve just bought #necromunda #warhammer40k #miniaturepainting
neutral · AI labelView post →That should do for Sunday's Necromunda game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Played my first game of Necromunda 1995, didn't really have time to paint my team but I had plenty of miniatures to pick from :3 The game ended in a draw with me getting more xp but the same amount of money AND value lost to casualties.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm gonna get the new Escher minis but the box set looks so flat, like the first Necromunda Underhive set from 2018-ish If any game ever made sense to include some card terrain in 2026 its this one. Hell bring back the old bulkheads and give us a few card platforms to clip in Ppl don't mind card!
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly I think Games Workshop knock it out of the park with every Necromunda release, so very tempted to get involved even though I hear the game is a bit of a hot mess of sourcebooks
neutral · AI labelView post →Tester game for Necromunda Underhells saw my opponent immediately accelerate his custom rig to three times its movement, attempt a turn, lose control, roll it three times, and wreck it. Which is, to be fair, the only acceptable way to play Necromunda.
positive · AI labelView post →End of campaign Necromunda multiplayer game!
neutral · AI labelView post →You know how GW sometimes releases "mini-games"? Like a Khorne Bloodbound pit-fighting game for AoS, or Bombers over the Sulphur River for Epic? They need to make a sailing game set on Necromunda where you hunt giant sump-spiders.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Necromunda tables I brought to the game store today
neutral · AI labelView post →New Necromunda (still my favorite setting/sub game) bloodbowl big guys and I did not expect to see Exodites. Definitely some interesting previews
positive · AI labelView post →Took advantage of the good weather to get some garden painting in this afternoon, getting this board ready for a Necromunda game on Monday - Ash Wastes trading post
neutral · AI labelView post →This weeks tutorial model (slightly delayed by surgery recovery) is Kal Jericho from Necromunda! An iconic character from the OG game with a modern sculpt. Videos and guide coming soon... . #necromunda #warhammer40k #speedpaint #minipainting
neutral · AI labelView post →What I would give for a Marvel vs Capcom style tag team beat em up video game with Necromunda characters. Or a side scroller Streets of Rage style Necromunda game. Enforcers against various gangers with a boss fight. HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE??
neutral · AI labelView post →Da Krumpin Kollectiv, starter 1000 credits of Orks (Goliaths). Tomorrow I have their first game in our #necromunda campaign, only just got these done in time. Phew 😥
neutral · AI labelView post →This should do for tonight's Necromunda game with JJ
neutral · AI labelView post →First #BlackstoneFortress character painted. I love the model but he isn't very good in the game. I'm still thinking about adding chipping on the red armor. #Warhammer #Warhammer40k #Necromunda #28mm
neutral · AI labelView post →Necromunda 3 player game tonight, which includes a playtest of our the N26 update for our Mechanicus Explorators in the underhive DIY rules. I'll be running a gang built around Priests, Adepts and Servitors. Should be fun! Gang rules linked for those interested drive.google.com/file/d/1M_Kp...
positive · AI labelView post →Another learning the ways game of Necromunda. We’re starting to get the hang of it. And becoming big fans. This could take over… #warhammercommunity #necromunda
positive · AI labelView post →Idk if/when I'll ever get to play another game of #necromunda but I'm glad to have this Escher ganger off my workbench #warhammer40k #miniaturepainting
neutral · AI labelView post →Hosted the epilogue multiplayer game for my 4mth #Necromunda campaign last night. A custom version of the double cross scenario featuring 10 players in a free for all, putting down their leaders and a champion, resulting in blood shed, chaos, and endless laughter. #WarhammerCommunity #Nerdlings
positive · AI labelView post →My game room and some Necromunda tables. #Necromunda #Underhive #DomeJungle #WarhammerCommunity
neutral · AI labelView post →A couple good glamour shots from last night's #Necromunda game
neutral · AI labelView post →Some #Necromunda terrain I brought out to the game store today #zonemortalis
neutral · AI labelView post →“Preem vibe, trash execution.” Necromunda: Hired Gun looks incredible. Genuinely. It’s the kind of game that screenshots like a dream—hive city cathedrals, dripping neon, and oversized Warhammer greebles packed into every corner. The cinematic level design is a visual feast, and on paper, this should be the definitive underhive power fantasy. Unfortunately, once you actually start playing, the illusion collapses. Hard. This game controls like a bad console port that never got the memo on what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played a 3 way game of New Necromunda to get our heads around the new rules. #WarhammerCommunity
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally played my second game of the campaign and really getting the tactics of Enforcers. #necromunda #wargaming #miniatures #warhammercommunity
positive · AI labelView post →Goliath Boss with Heavy Stubber. This guys harkens back to the original Goliath game, with a metal backpack and a marauder head. #necromunda #warhammercommunity #paintingminiatures #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer
neutral · AI labelView post →A few models from the finished batch of extra walls. Good enough to game with. #warhammer #zonemortalis #horusheresy #necromunda
neutral · AI labelView post →The kitbashed car is now done! And just in time for tomorrow's game day! #warhammer #warhammer40k #necromunda #miniatures
neutral · AI labelView post →The gang grows. Sad to discover there was a Necromunda mobile game but it's not longer available 😭 #necromunda #warhammer
neutral · AI labelView post →A quick Escher Ganger. I decided to try doing these in contrast. Necromunda isn’t my main game, so I don’t want to spend ages on each mini.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonights game of #Necromunda. My Malstrains had a lot of fun in close combat, but ultimately lost the game. #warhammercommunity
neutral · AI labelView post →White Dwarf 130 (October 1990) introduced the game Confrontation, a 40K hive world set skirmish game that would evolve into Necromunda in 1995. [1/2] #Warhammer
neutral · AI labelView post →Will be playing my first ever game of Necromunda soon! It was highly recommended by quite a few commenters.
positive · AI labelView post →Streum On Studio (Necromunda: Hired Gun) splits from Focus Entertainment. New game reveal teased for this summer. www.gematsu.com/2025/06/stre... youtu.be/GTj1cb8_59U?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Third game in 8 days. Midgard, GdA2 and now back to Necromunda.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gangs for tomorrow's old school Necromunda game. Introducing two new players to the game. #necromunda #tabletopgames
neutral · AI labelView post →The devs spent 99% of their time lovingly creating some of the best 40k environments around. They perfectly captured the vibes and the insane scale of everything warhammer. Absolutely one of the best experiences for just walking around and existing in a warhammer place. Also the soundtrack kind of slaps. Then they spent about 30 seconds slapping a game onto those environments and called it a day. The story is barely there, the side missions are bizarre and awful, some of the mechanics…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quick game of Necromunda tonight 🤘
neutral · AI labelView post →Afternoon game of #necromunda; 3rd game of our Hive Secundus campaign! #wargames #tabletopgames #ttrpg #nerdlings
neutral · AI labelView post →Outside the Hive and into the Badlands for this afternoon's #necromunda game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Necromunda isnt AAA title and if you will go into the game with this mindset, you will have lots of fun. The shooting is really satisfying, the weapons sounds and effects are great and the environments make you feel like you are inside bowels of hive city. Just enjoy the shooting and dont mind lame plot and weird graphical decisions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s game time! #Necromunda
neutral · AI labelView post →What what… actual Games Workshop releasing and not licensing a Necromunda RPG themselves? (That still seems to use miniatures ofc 💸) 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →Some weekend hobbying, I printed and painted a 'Tesla tower' as scenery for my next game. It started life as a Necromunda file but I thought it looked perfect for the K47 aesthetic so resized it. I'm currently printing the free Tesla gun emplacement, so that's next. #nerdlings @warlordgames.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried a demo game for Necromunda last week, as a result i thought i should start to paint up a gang, this is the first attempt #necromunda #miniatures #paintingminiatures
neutral · AI labelView post →Pick it up if it's on sale, but it's very much not worth 40 bucks. The movement and combat feel good to me, but the grappler likes to get me stuck on walls. I have to exit out of the mission and reload the latest checkpoint. Also I hope you like repeated voice lines, I feel like each combat NPC only has 2 lines that they can repeat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Second game of necromunda. I just set out the table. Is it too much? #necromunda #warhammer40k
neutral · AI labelView post →Necromunda starting point? I just picked up Hive War set. Hello! Use to play 40k 10 years ago, then had kids lack of time made me drop off. Have a Tyranid and Tau army. Was looking into Kill Team as a quick, easier entry point but constantly saw reference to Necromunda as a good game too. Seems to be more complex with RPG components but less balanced story type vibe. Thoughts? Seemed like the Hive War starter set was a good place to start. Anyone play?
neutral · AI labelView post →#HobbyStreak Day 13. Played Necromunda (Cawdor vs Escher, rough game, voluntarily bottled out) and a learning game of Trench Crusade, where I learned Werewolves love to play fetch... with frag grenades. So I stopped at Games & Stuff and got me some Trench Pilgrims...
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night's game was awesome. I think, Necromunda Skirmish is great! First time to play my The Malstrain... #Necromunda #NecromundaSkirmish #ZoneMortalis #Underhive #WarhammerCommunity
positive · AI labelView post →Oh yeah still posting previous Necromunda. Have to post 2 photos just to get all this guys equipment in! Hes like Link at the end of a Zelda game. #oldhammer #necromunda #paintingminiatures
neutral · AI labelView post →Review From the studio Streum On Studio which is basically known only for the bizarre E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy and the underwhelming Space Hulk: Deathwing, comes another entry in the Warhammer universe. While Necromunda itself is a distinct niche of the franchise, this game barely feels like Warhammer at all, and unfortunately, it carries over many of the studio’s familiar issues. Gameplay Your character moves extremely fast, too fast for the game’s own design. Aside from the first level, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Back when Streums debuted with EYE Divine Cybermancy everyone said it was secretly a Warhammer 40k game, now I say, this Warhammer 40k game of theirs is secretly EYE Divine Cybermancy. You may be thinking this is an AA or more conventional AA sort of shooter with the amount of glazing Focus Entertainment gave to this one's trailers and Steam storefront. But no, this is in fact a classic Streum On jankfest with trendy conventional ideas thrown in. To start with the ugly, it's buggy, lacking in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is pretty much DOOM 2016 or ETERNAL, with a different story, but with very similar gameplay. Fast pace, that can be overwhelming at the beginning, but if you figure it out its mechanics, and do the right upgrades, you will feel very OP. GAMEPLAY 9/10 OPTIMIZATION 10/10 STORY 7/10 GRAPHICS 8/10 OVERAL 8.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Game was a chore. Quests were boring. Side jobs are really dumb. Story makes no sense. Psykers left and right with no backlash or demon presence. Nobody cares that there's a huge Genestealer Tyranid infestation deep under the Underhive. INCLUDING AN INQUISITOR! The last boss got psyker powers by...bloodborning a blue vial? Afterwards kept on shooting me with a full auto plasma gun that doesn't generate radioactive death waves...It feels like this game should take at least 5 more years…
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