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Firewatch

Campo Santo · Panic · 2016-02-09

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 21, 2016 (Xbox One), Feb 09, 2016 (Linux), Dec 15, 2016 (Mac), Dec 17, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 09, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Firewatch is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 99,439 reviews).

55
playing now
91%
positive of 100k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,472
twitch viewers (latest)
5472.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (18 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (1190 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (1.8k downloads)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (42,507 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 79% recommend · from 134 critics
4.7h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 5.8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Firewatch is a 2016 adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published by the developer in partnership with Panic. The game was released in February 2016 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in September 2016, and for Nintendo Switch in December 2018. The story follows a fire lookout named Henry who works in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Henry interacts with his supervisor Delilah using a walkie-talkie, with the player choosing from dialog options to communicate. His exchanges with Delilah inform the process by which their relationship is developed. Over the course of the summer, Henry and Delilah are menaced by unseen forces and have to unravel a years-old mystery.

Trailer

Firewatch trailer thumbnail

Firewatch - August 2014 Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 55 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,134 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~517/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 2.5M–6.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99,823 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-01-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 27 of 69 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.0k5.0k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,504 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,007 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5,013 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,738 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,611 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,270 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,951 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,166 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 975 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

366222026-09-15 11:00 — 50 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 106 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 56 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 78 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 125 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 64 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 42 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 82 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 41 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 62 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 63 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 66 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 151 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 290 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 119 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 182 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 256 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 115 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 183 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 249 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 85 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k33Feb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 1,837 · peak 17,521Jun 2016 — avg 182 · peak 899Oct 2016 — avg 79 · peak 358Feb 2017 — avg 295 · peak 1,822Jun 2017 — avg 166 · peak 962Oct 2017 — avg 102 · peak 443Feb 2018 — avg 90 · peak 300Jun 2018 — avg 171 · peak 872Oct 2018 — avg 45 · peak 102Feb 2019 — avg 103 · peak 385Jun 2019 — avg 81 · peak 425Oct 2019 — avg 36 · peak 90Feb 2020 — avg 45 · peak 93Jun 2020 — avg 121 · peak 768Oct 2020 — avg 58 · peak 120Feb 2021 — avg 69 · peak 150Jun 2021 — avg 82 · peak 395Oct 2021 — avg 41 · peak 82Feb 2022 — avg 70 · peak 173Jun 2022 — avg 71 · peak 300Oct 2022 — avg 37 · peak 82Feb 2023 — avg 40 · peak 96Jun 2023 — avg 37 · peak 159Oct 2023 — avg 33 · peak 82Feb 2024 — avg 169 · peak 435Jun 2024 — avg 321 · peak 1,662Oct 2024 — avg 73 · peak 181Feb 2025 — avg 190 · peak 479Jun 2025 — avg 110 · peak 208Oct 2025 — avg 120 · peak 418Feb 2026 — avg 90 · peak 219Jun 2026 — avg 109 · peak 552Aug 2026 — avg 95 · peak 181
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992016-02-022026-10-142016-02-02 — best price $17.992016-06-22 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-02-09 — best price $9.992017-06-21 — best price $19.992017-10-24 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-06 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992019-10-11 — best price $7.992020-01-24 — best price $4.992020-05-27 — best price $4.992020-08-24 — best price $19.992021-03-03 — best price $4.992021-10-13 — best price $4.992022-01-11 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-01-12 — best price $4.992023-06-22 — best price $4.992023-09-26 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $1.992024-06-19 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $19.992026-05-14 — best price $19.992026-08-18 — best price $3.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.0k3662026-05-31 — 498 pageviews2026-06-04 — 426 pageviews2026-06-08 — 531 pageviews2026-06-12 — 520 pageviews2026-06-16 — 576 pageviews2026-06-20 — 947 pageviews2026-06-24 — 523 pageviews2026-06-28 — 836 pageviews2026-07-02 — 544 pageviews2026-07-06 — 624 pageviews2026-07-10 — 504 pageviews2026-07-14 — 469 pageviews2026-07-18 — 552 pageviews2026-07-22 — 498 pageviews2026-07-26 — 599 pageviews2026-07-30 — 643 pageviews2026-08-03 — 804 pageviews2026-08-07 — 773 pageviews2026-08-11 — 611 pageviews2026-08-15 — 544 pageviews2026-08-19 — 537 pageviews2026-08-23 — 521 pageviews2026-08-27 — 415 pageviews2026-08-31 — 520 pageviews2026-09-04 — 616 pageviews2026-09-08 — 468 pageviews2026-09-12 — 400 pageviews2026-09-16 — 366 pageviews2026-09-20 — 453 pageviews2026-09-24 — 512 pageviews2026-09-28 — 492 pageviews2026-10-02 — 454 pageviews2026-10-06 — 713 pageviews2026-10-09 — 471 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4602026-10-04 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 17 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
79%
earned ""Good first day.""
46.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-02-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)50,16525%10
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)33,55932%10
PS4 (PlayStation)20,32724%10
PS4 (PlayStation)13,70522%10
Switch (Nintendo)1410%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

DramaIndieShortComedyHorrorMysteryAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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