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Crysis Warhead®

Crytek · Electronic Arts · 2008-09-17

SteamGOG

Action

Franchise: Crysis · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Sep 16, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Pulse-racing new installment from 2007's PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war.

Crysis Warhead® is an Action game released in 2008, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 4101 reviews).

7
playing now
85%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (248 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
4.2h
to beat · rushed 3.5h · completionist 3.5h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Crysis Warhead is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Crytek Budapest and published by Electronic Arts. Crysis Warhead is a stand-alone expansion game and does not require the installation of the original Crysis to play.

Trailer

Crysis Warhead® trailer thumbnail

Crysis Warhead Official Trailer PC

≈615,889 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 170 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 165k–330k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,120 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at GOG (2017-06-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 54 of 74 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-15 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
784Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 64 · peak 166Dec 2012 — avg 72 · peak 278May 2013 — avg 17 · peak 43Oct 2013 — avg 40 · peak 154Mar 2014 — avg 22 · peak 81Aug 2014 — avg 22 · peak 54Jan 2015 — avg 18 · peak 42Jun 2015 — avg 21 · peak 82Nov 2015 — avg 18 · peak 50Apr 2016 — avg 13 · peak 38Sep 2016 — avg 19 · peak 77Feb 2017 — avg 30 · peak 91Jul 2017 — avg 20 · peak 56Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 58May 2018 — avg 27 · peak 86Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 33Mar 2019 — avg 15 · peak 37Aug 2019 — avg 14 · peak 36Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 38 · peak 93Nov 2020 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 50Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 35Feb 2022 — avg 16 · peak 44Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 28Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 32Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$3.992015-01-012026-10-012015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-03-20 — best price $19.992015-05-14 — best price $12.562015-06-29 — best price $19.982015-11-03 — best price $19.992016-02-09 — best price $19.992016-10-27 — best price $7.992017-06-06 — best price $3.992017-12-27 — best price $19.992018-09-03 — best price $4.992018-12-06 — best price $11.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-08-31 — best price $19.992021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-07-16 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-02-14 — best price $4.992022-07-26 — best price $19.992022-11-18 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-12-13 — best price $4.992024-03-31 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-27 — best price $19.992025-07-22 — best price $4.992025-10-28 — best price $4.992026-01-06 — best price $4.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-06-18 — best price $4.992026-08-13 — best price $4.992026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84422026-05-31 — 59 pageviews2026-06-04 — 48 pageviews2026-06-08 — 56 pageviews2026-06-12 — 65 pageviews2026-06-16 — 60 pageviews2026-06-20 — 83 pageviews2026-06-24 — 48 pageviews2026-06-28 — 84 pageviews2026-07-02 — 72 pageviews2026-07-06 — 59 pageviews2026-07-10 — 46 pageviews2026-07-14 — 55 pageviews2026-07-18 — 68 pageviews2026-07-22 — 47 pageviews2026-07-26 — 60 pageviews2026-07-30 — 51 pageviews2026-08-03 — 45 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-11 — 60 pageviews2026-08-15 — 51 pageviews2026-08-19 — 45 pageviews2026-08-23 — 72 pageviews2026-08-27 — 69 pageviews2026-08-31 — 84 pageviews2026-09-04 — 62 pageviews2026-09-08 — 77 pageviews2026-09-12 — 73 pageviews2026-09-16 — 58 pageviews2026-09-20 — 65 pageviews2026-09-24 — 47 pageviews2026-09-28 — 42 pageviews2026-10-02 — 61 pageviews2026-10-06 — 44 pageviews2026-10-09 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Hungarian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSActionAliensSci-fiShooterStealthMilitaryAdventureBenchmarkFuturistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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