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God of War Ragnarök

Santa Monica Studio · PlayStation Publishing LLC · 2024-09-19

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: God of War · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 09, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Kratos and Atreus embark on a mythic journey for answers before Ragnarök arrives – now on PC.

God of War Ragnarök is a 2024 Action, Adventure, and RPG game priced at $59.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 50095 reviews).

1,589
playing now
89%
positive of 51k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66
twitch viewers (latest)
4.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
95/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
91/100
IGDB user rating (1138 ratings)
4.78★
PlayStation Store rating (208,812 ratings)
92/100
opencritic · mighty · 96% recommend · from 249 critics
37h
to beat · rushed 22h · completionist 59h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

1,589 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

God of War Ragnarök is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released worldwide on November 9, 2022, for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, marking the first cross-generation release in the God of War series, and was released for Windows on September 19, 2024. It is the ninth installment in the series, the tenth chronologically, and the sequel to 2018's God of War. Loosely based on Norse mythology, the game is set in mythical ancient Scandinavia and features series protagonist, Kratos, and his now teenage son, Atreus. Concluding the Norse era of the series, the story follows Kratos and Atreus' efforts to prevent the nine realms from being destroyed by Ragnarök, the eschatological event which is central to Norse mythology and was foretold to happen in the previous game after Kratos killed the Aesir god Baldur.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,589 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,628 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~204/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,097 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.0M–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50,890 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $32.95 at GameBillet (2025-12-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 47 of 65 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20242026Week of 2024-09-19: 3,522 positiveWeek of 2024-09-19: 1,575 negativeWeek of 2024-09-26: 1,533 positiveWeek of 2024-09-26: 283 negativeWeek of 2024-10-03: 1,045 positiveWeek of 2024-10-03: 178 negativeWeek of 2024-10-10: 747 positiveWeek of 2024-10-10: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-10-17: 560 positiveWeek of 2024-10-17: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-10-24: 450 positiveWeek of 2024-10-24: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-10-31: 333 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-11-07: 302 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 591 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 1,728 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 407 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 629 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 551 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 411 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 342 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 317 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 336 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 334 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 360 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 330 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 248 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 209 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 239 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 164 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.0k9622026-09-14 20:00 — 2,504 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,275 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 1,466 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,469 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 1,913 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,314 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 2,371 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,618 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,264 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,866 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 2,105 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 983 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,913 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,824 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 1,577 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,767 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 2,368 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,447 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 2,236 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,973 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 2,328 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,862 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 2,880 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,589 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20k1.8kSep 2024Aug 2026Sep 2024 — avg 20,454 · peak 35,565Oct 2024 — avg 9,797 · peak 23,946Nov 2024 — avg 4,555 · peak 9,955Dec 2024 — avg 5,002 · peak 13,217Jan 2025 — avg 5,796 · peak 13,464Feb 2025 — avg 3,538 · peak 7,513Mar 2025 — avg 3,235 · peak 7,005Apr 2025 — avg 2,590 · peak 5,121May 2025 — avg 1,969 · peak 3,781Jun 2025 — avg 1,847 · peak 4,287Jul 2025 — avg 2,913 · peak 5,414Aug 2025 — avg 2,270 · peak 4,137Sep 2025 — avg 1,876 · peak 3,520Oct 2025 — avg 2,493 · peak 4,952Nov 2025 — avg 2,614 · peak 6,014Dec 2025 — avg 3,705 · peak 8,572Jan 2026 — avg 4,478 · peak 9,484Feb 2026 — avg 3,968 · peak 8,854Mar 2026 — avg 3,305 · peak 7,148Apr 2026 — avg 2,402 · peak 4,948May 2026 — avg 1,892 · peak 3,638Jun 2026 — avg 3,190 · peak 6,984Jul 2026 — avg 3,983 · peak 8,363Aug 2026 — avg 2,516 · peak 4,871
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
53532026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 17 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 25 new positive2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 15 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 23 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 43 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 16 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 16 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 13 new positive2026-10-03: 25 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 23 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 44 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 25 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new negative2026-10-07: 20 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 23 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 21 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 53 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 29 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 19 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$30.822024-05-312026-08-252024-05-31 — best price $59.992024-06-11 — best price $56.982024-06-16 — best price $59.992024-07-19 — best price $59.992024-07-23 — best price $55.302024-07-30 — best price $59.992024-08-13 — best price $55.532024-09-07 — best price $59.992024-09-14 — best price $59.992024-09-19 — best price $49.992024-11-05 — best price $55.302024-12-16 — best price $37.492024-12-23 — best price $47.992025-01-06 — best price $59.992025-03-18 — best price $41.992025-03-26 — best price $47.992025-06-12 — best price $59.992025-07-11 — best price $46.992025-08-09 — best price $51.952025-09-18 — best price $59.992025-10-01 — best price $47.992025-10-26 — best price $50.952025-11-20 — best price $37.492025-11-28 — best price $47.992025-12-02 — best price $44.992025-12-19 — best price $36.162026-01-06 — best price $59.992026-02-10 — best price $36.292026-02-24 — best price $59.992026-03-19 — best price $30.822026-03-27 — best price $59.992026-05-02 — best price $55.692026-05-22 — best price $40.192026-06-11 — best price $59.992026-06-25 — best price $30.992026-07-10 — best price $38.992026-08-07 — best price $55.692026-08-25 — best price $50.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9.7k9502026-05-29 — 1,237 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7,331 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5,350 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3,570 pageviews2026-06-14 — 2,907 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,982 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2,064 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,886 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1,587 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,588 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,476 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,407 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,235 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,464 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,111 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,427 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,289 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,263 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,474 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,140 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,312 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2,165 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,257 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,214 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1,367 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,386 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,357 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,275 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,145 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,214 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1,036 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1,355 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1,172 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,008 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.1k282026-09-30 18:34 — 773 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 218 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 996 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 601 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 175 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 830 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 339 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 289 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 595 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 150 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 837 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 648 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 617 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 822 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 302 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 386 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 334 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 196 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 66 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
92.6%
earned "A Grizzly Encounter"
28.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyNarrated Game MenusPlayable without Timed Input3 DLC

21 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-09-19, latest 2024-10-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5, PC (PlayStation)183,78013%48
PS4 (PlayStation)115,03210%48
Steam (Steam)14,72921%48

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

3DRPGDramaActionFantasyAdventureCinematicEmotionalMythologyAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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