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Guild Wars 2®

ArenaNet® · 2022-08-23

Steam

AdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: May 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 18, 2021 (Mac)

Guild Wars 2 is an award-winning online roleplaying game with fast-paced action combat, deep character customization, and no subscription fee required. Choose from an arsenal of professions and weapons, explore a vast open world, compete in PVP modes and more. Join over 16 million players now!

Guild Wars 2® is an Adventure Massively Multiplayer RPG Free To Play game released in 2022, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 29,682 reviews).

2,983
playing now
88%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,539
twitch viewers (latest)
100.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
74/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (320 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (934 downloads)
91h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2,983 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Guild Wars 2 is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the core game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild dedicated to fighting Elder Dragons, colossal Lovecraftian-esque entities that have seized control of Tyria in the time since the original Guild Wars (2005), a plot line that concludes in the third expansion End of Dragons (2023). The game takes place in a persistent world with a story that progresses in instanced environments.

Trailer

Guild Wars 2® trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,983 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,445 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~556/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,692 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $17.26 at Nuuvem (2015-08-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 1,719 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,535 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,465 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 980 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,739 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 51 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.7k2.3k2026-09-14 20:00 — 5,441 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 3,318 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 3,441 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 5,524 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 4,204 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 3,085 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 5,478 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 3,773 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 2,676 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 5,356 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 4,060 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 2,367 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 3,933 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,394 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 2,832 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 5,403 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 3,719 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 2,283 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 3,108 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 4,472 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 3,260 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 3,074 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 5,696 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,983 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.2k2.8kAug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 4,721 · peak 8,042Oct 2022 — avg 3,673 · peak 7,034Dec 2022 — avg 2,781 · peak 4,728Feb 2023 — avg 3,377 · peak 5,860Apr 2023 — avg 3,466 · peak 5,638Jun 2023 — avg 2,888 · peak 4,990Aug 2023 — avg 3,256 · peak 6,527Oct 2023 — avg 3,103 · peak 5,340Dec 2023 — avg 3,662 · peak 6,181Feb 2024 — avg 3,110 · peak 5,214Apr 2024 — avg 3,211 · peak 5,456Jun 2024 — avg 3,167 · peak 5,456Aug 2024 — avg 3,628 · peak 7,116Oct 2024 — avg 2,964 · peak 5,028Dec 2024 — avg 2,919 · peak 5,233Feb 2025 — avg 3,155 · peak 5,353Apr 2025 — avg 3,267 · peak 5,532Jun 2025 — avg 3,553 · peak 6,400Aug 2025 — avg 5,334 · peak 9,459Oct 2025 — avg 4,891 · peak 9,524Dec 2025 — avg 5,520 · peak 9,304Feb 2026 — avg 5,439 · peak 9,476Apr 2026 — avg 3,966 · peak 6,821Jun 2026 — avg 5,404 · peak 10,159Aug 2026 — avg 4,423 · peak 7,531
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
30302026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 30 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 8 new positive2026-09-25: 14 new positive2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 14 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 12 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$53.00$0.002015-01-012024-11-122015-01-01 — best price $35.992015-01-07 — best price $40.742015-01-16 — best price $53.002015-01-31 — best price $40.972015-02-12 — best price $38.332015-03-07 — best price $35.922015-03-24 — best price $35.122015-04-03 — best price $35.172015-04-09 — best price $36.072015-04-21 — best price $41.492015-05-05 — best price $19.462015-05-12 — best price $35.992015-05-21 — best price $19.742015-05-25 — best price $19.182015-06-02 — best price $19.182015-06-26 — best price $38.362015-07-08 — best price $18.552015-07-13 — best price $19.142015-07-24 — best price $18.052015-07-29 — best price $47.592015-08-08 — best price $34.202015-11-30 — best price $0.002016-02-25 — best price $37.992018-01-09 — best price $0.002024-11-12 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.2k1812026-06-03 — 344 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,593 pageviews2026-06-11 — 613 pageviews2026-06-15 — 471 pageviews2026-06-19 — 356 pageviews2026-06-23 — 325 pageviews2026-06-27 — 284 pageviews2026-07-01 — 224 pageviews2026-07-05 — 283 pageviews2026-07-09 — 256 pageviews2026-07-13 — 220 pageviews2026-07-17 — 206 pageviews2026-07-21 — 203 pageviews2026-07-25 — 220 pageviews2026-07-29 — 208 pageviews2026-08-02 — 227 pageviews2026-08-06 — 251 pageviews2026-08-10 — 211 pageviews2026-08-14 — 258 pageviews2026-08-18 — 181 pageviews2026-08-22 — 242 pageviews2026-08-26 — 305 pageviews2026-08-30 — 247 pageviews2026-09-03 — 265 pageviews2026-09-07 — 246 pageviews2026-09-11 — 212 pageviews2026-09-15 — 293 pageviews2026-09-19 — 245 pageviews2026-09-23 — 230 pageviews2026-09-27 — 242 pageviews2026-10-01 — 244 pageviews2026-10-05 — 331 pageviews2026-10-09 — 264 pageviews2026-10-12 — 254 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8.1k1562026-09-30 20:34 — 901 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 2,455 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 2,413 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 385 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 473 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 608 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 451 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 454 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 734 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 376 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 509 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 484 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 558 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 457 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 544 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 495 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 634 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 353 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 376 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 346 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 551 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 450 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 492 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 428 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 550 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 438 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 384 viewers2026-10-13 22:12 — 4,281 viewers2026-10-14 04:12 — 2,075 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 3,165 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 5,539 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing7 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2022-08-23, latest 2025-12-09 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DPvPRPGCombatMMORPGFantasyStrategyAdventureAtmosphericClass-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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