How many people are playing Homefront right now?

10 people are playing Homefront on Steam right now, making it the 7034th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 28 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Homefront's all-time peak player count?

Homefront's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 7,199, reached in March 2011.

Is Homefront good? What do Steam reviews say?

66% of 4,243 Steam user reviews are positive (Mixed).

How much does Homefront cost on Steam?

Homefront costs $19.99 on Steam (US).

Does Homefront work on Steam Deck?

Homefront is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Homefront

by Kaos Studios, Digital Extremes · published by Deep Silver

Steam Deck PlayableLinux & Deck: Silver

Open in Steam＋ Add to list Compare

Players now

#7,034

newvs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

66% positive

Mixed4,243 reviews

Owners (est.)2M–5M

24h peak

Highest seen7,199

Mar 201115.7 years ago

Price on Steam

$19.99

Lowest ever $19.99 Nov 2026

Concurrent players

Last 7 days

Loading…

Players onlineSteam sale started

Media & details

Screenshots, achievements, specs and price history from Steam.

Loading from Steam…

Where to buy

Steam prices for United States (change the country in the top bar), and Steam keys from authorized stores.

Steam Official

Prices update every 6 hours

$19.99

Buy

Other authorized stores

No authorized Steam key store lists this game right now.

Checking other stores…

Editions and bundles on Steam

HomefrontEdition
$19.99
View Homefront on Steam
Open this Steam page in…
Always use thisNo Steam app on this device? We'll notice and open the page in your browser instead. You can change this anytime at the bottom of any page.

Bundles with this game (1), biggest discount first

Homefront CollectionBundle
$53.19
View Homefront Collection on Steam
Open this Steam page in…
Always use thisNo Steam app on this device? We'll notice and open the page in your browser instead. You can change this anytime at the bottom of any page.

Loading from Steam…

Reviews

66% positive of 4,243 · Mixed · Live from Steam

SortLanguage

Loading reviews from Steam…

Steam Deck

Works, but may need extra effort. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Playable

!Default controller config not fully functional
!Controller glyphs do not match deck device
!Text input does not automatically invokes keyboard
!Native resolution not default
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant

Steam Deck

Loading from Steam…

Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Nov 1, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC
Build 71086the current build when we started tracking12.9 GB on Windows

Patch notes

Jul 8, 2012
PatchRed Dawn's Writer Didn't Actually Write Homefront's Script, Say Ex-Developers [UPDATE]
In a superb autopsy of Kaos Studios, closed three months after it finished Homefront for THQ, Gamasutra 's Leigh Alexander paints a vivid picture of a studio doomed by meddling, duplicitous executives, and filled with underqualified managers, overworked develo…

Other news (19)

Jun 8, 2018
The worst marketing misfires and PR moves in PC gaming (and a pair of console flubs, too)
Image source: The Elder Scrolls Wiki What happens when PR goes awry? Not slightly sideways, as we saw recently with the leak of Rage 2 (which is probably the best thing that could have happened to it anyway) but completely, irretrievably wrong, in a way that i…
Dec 7, 2017
Homefront is free on the Humble Store in the 48-hour Deep Silver Sale
I will begin by saying that I actually liked Homefront , and mostly unironically. Yes, it was top-to-bottom dumb, from the underlying premise to the wonky AI and especially the over-earnest "war is hell" moments that just don't come off the way …
Aug 28, 2017
Hunting Yankee is a North Korean game about shooting US soldiers
In 2011, THQ released Homefront , a first-person shooter that pits the citizens of America against invading North Korean soldiers. Six years later, it's time for the Norks to get some payback: As reported by state-run media outlet Arirang-Meari (via NK Ne…
May 19, 2017
Everything We Know About Destiny 2 (So Far)
Following a mixed reaction to Destiny in 2014, Bungie seems poised to sand down rough corners and polish its massively multiplayer online shooter to a fine sheen with Destiny 2, due out later this year. Here's everything we know about the sequel so far ahead o…
Sep 21, 2015
Homefront: the open world shooter that feels like urban Far Cry
Homefront: The Revolution sounds exciting. Ostensibly a sequel to Kaos Studios' bland 2011 FPS, it's elevated by a new plot, new development team, and new focus on emergent open world design. Before I get to play it, Deep Silver Dambuster describes a shooter t…
May 8, 2015
Daily Deal - Homefront, 75% Off
Today's Deal: Save 75% on Homefront !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time
Feb 17, 2015
Daily Deal - Homefront, 75% Off
Today's Deal: Save 75% on Homefront !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time
Aug 8, 2014
Crytek CEO claims he was “surprised” by employees unhappy about payroll delays
Over the past few months, Crytek has looked very much like a company in trouble. Reports of missed paydays and high rates of employee turnover were unsubstantiated but persistent, and in July a couple of high-ranked employees left the company for greener pastu…
Jul 30, 2014
Deep Silver acquires Homefront from Crytek, sequel development to continue at new studio
Deep Silver has announced that it has acquired the Homefront property from Crytek, including the recently-announced Homefront: The Revolution, which will be completed at its new "Dambuster Studios." The source of Crytek's recently-announced new capital appears…
Jun 2, 2014
Homefront: The Revolution announced, promises open-world guerilla warfare
The words "there is a new Homefront game coming," are, based on previous evidence, something you'd be forgiven for not caring about. But don't scroll on by just yet, because there are reasons Homefront: The Revolution could resuscitate the ill-fated shooter se…
Jan 24, 2013
THQ dissolves, auctions off franchises and studios – here’s who bought what
THQ is no more: the bankrupt publisher and developer auctioned off its assets in U.S. Bankruptcy Court today. Though the court must still approve the sales, a letter from THQ's CEO (which was passed to Kotaku by an employee) reveals the bidders, which include …
Jan 15, 2013
Amazon’s Tantalizing THQ Medley heavily discounts Metro 2033, STALKER, and others
If you missed out on last year's Humble THQ Bundle or followup Nvidia giveaway, it's time for a threepeat. Amazon saw how all the cool kids were discounting THQ games with great results, and it has followed suit with the Tantalizing THQ Medley, which slices of…
Nov 27, 2012
Chinese Newspaper Believes The Onion, Really Thinks Kim Jong-un Is The Sexiest Man Alive
People's Daily is China's newspaper of record. It's the paper of the Chinese Communist Party—a mouthpiece of the government. And today, it figured out that The Onion is not America's newspaper of record. If you've been on the internet since forever, you …
Nov 7, 2012
THQ in trouble: Metro: Last Light, Company of Heroes 2 and South Park game delayed
THQ's stock has halved in value after the publisher's Q2 financial report announced a delay to the games arriving early next year. Though the delay shows an investment in the quality of those titles, the plummeting share price could leave the company facing ba…
Nov 6, 2012
Show Us Your Favorite Terrible Quicktime Events
This past weekend, the video up top made the Twitter-rounds. It's of a failed quicktime event from 2007's Spiderman 3 , and it is hilarious . Watching it over and over, while laughing, got me thinking: There are so many terrible quicktime events in gaming, it'…
Aug 29, 2012
Daily Deal - Homefront, 75% off!
Today's Deal: Save 75% off Homefront ! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
Aug 10, 2012
The New Red Dawn Movie Channels a Little Bit of Homefront
If you played Homefront , the new trailer for the remake of 1984's Red Dawn is going to seem like déjà vu all over again. When THQ's ambitious but shallow 2011 first-person shooter first started its hype machine, the comparisons to the 1980s Cold War action mo…
Dec 18, 2011
Video Game Almost Predicted Kim Jong-Il's Death
Kim Jong-il, who has ruled the Communist state of North Korea since 1994, has passed away. Which means 2011 shooter Homefront was only two weeks off making one of the most timely (if accidental) fictional statements in video game history. In Homefront , a game…
Dec 14, 2011
Homefront PR Stunt Backfires, Ends In Fine
Back in March, PR firm TrashTalkFCM thought it'd be a good idea to promote upcoming shooter Homefront by releasing a ton of balloons. It wasn't. Not only did the game stink, but when most of the balloons ended up in San Francisco Bay, it attracted the attentio…

Patches & builds

Loading from Steam…

History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 66% on 2026-11-01 → 66% today (4,243 reviews)

Nov 1, 2026Price$19.99

History

Loading from Steam…

DLC

3 items on Steam, newest first.

Homefront: Express 870 Shotgun
$1.9982% positive
Homefront: Fire Sale Map
$2.9940% positive
Homefront: The Rock Map Pack
$2.99100% positive

DLC

Loading from Steam…

Trading cards

Loading from Steam…

Homefront player count and quick facts

How many people are playing Homefront right now?: 10 people are playing Homefront on Steam right now, making it the 7034th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 28 players. The number updates every few minutes.
What is Homefront's all-time peak player count?: Homefront's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 7,199, reached in March 2011.
Is Homefront good? What do Steam reviews say?: 66% of 4,243 Steam user reviews are positive (Mixed).
How much does Homefront cost on Steam?: Homefront costs $19.99 on Steam (US).
Does Homefront work on Steam Deck?: Homefront is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Live data from Steam, tracked by SteamPlayerBase.