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God of War

Santa Monica Studio · PlayStation Publishing LLC · 2022-01-14

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: God of War · Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jan 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.

2,173
playing now
96%
positive of 184k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
132
twitch viewers (latest)
96/100
critic score (26 outlets, IGDB)
92/100
IGDB user rating (3541 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 31h · completionist 48h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

2,173 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

God of War is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 in April 2018, with a Windows port released in January 2022. It is the eighth game in the God of War series and the sequel to 2010's God of War III.

Trailer

God of War trailer thumbnail

God of War – Story Trailer | PS4

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,173 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12,671 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,584/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 3.7M–8.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184,105 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$40.99-18%
GOG$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.83 at AllYouPlay (2023-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 50 of 72 observed days · $43.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22k22k20222026Week of 2022-01-01: 22,170 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 730 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6,495 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,133 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,269 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,540 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,482 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,474 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,842 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,790 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8,896 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6,510 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5,608 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,558 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,034 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,711 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,707 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,243 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,523 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,413 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,975 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,703 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,697 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,690 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,534 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,827 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,587 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,018 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,341 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,956 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,514 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,770 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 654 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,318 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,480 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,277 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,856 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,724 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,637 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,792 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 56 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.5k02026-08-06 21:00 — 2,527 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,489 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,046 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,704 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,885 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,607 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 3,083 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,027 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,958 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 3,356 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,474 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,091 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,490 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,409 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,991 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2,309 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,470 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,197 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 3,459 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1,605 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,495 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 2,487 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,841 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 2,507 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,882 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,283 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,364 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2,173 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$14.992021-10-202026-08-302021-10-20 — best price $49.992021-11-22 — best price $43.722021-12-21 — best price $46.492022-01-15 — best price $39.482022-02-19 — best price $41.982022-03-31 — best price $44.412022-05-12 — best price $41.302022-06-20 — best price $39.992022-07-04 — best price $34.872022-09-11 — best price $43.602022-10-08 — best price $43.942022-11-03 — best price $36.952022-11-27 — best price $37.492022-12-24 — best price $24.492023-01-24 — best price $29.992023-03-17 — best price $24.992023-05-22 — best price $44.992023-07-03 — best price $27.242023-09-08 — best price $27.892023-12-11 — best price $43.442024-01-05 — best price $29.992024-03-12 — best price $24.992024-05-13 — best price $37.992024-06-27 — best price $19.192024-08-01 — best price $48.172024-09-12 — best price $15.192024-11-05 — best price $41.392025-01-03 — best price $49.992025-04-03 — best price $19.952025-07-10 — best price $20.002025-10-01 — best price $19.992025-12-02 — best price $24.952026-02-09 — best price $15.002026-03-26 — best price $17.952026-05-29 — best price $49.992026-08-03 — best price $46.392026-08-30 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

359382026-08-28 12:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 109 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 303 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 274 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 157 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 128 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 105 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 71 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 145 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 180 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 295 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 156 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 176 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 165 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 179 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 291 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 230 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 106 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 159 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 132 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
88.2%
earned "Enchanted"
31.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionNarrated Game Menus

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)531,41524%37
PS3 (PlayStation)164,25632%36
Steam (Steam)58,82020%37
PS Vita (PlayStation)19,11833%36

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

RPGActionCombatFantasyViolentAdventureMythologyAction RPGOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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