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Overwatch®

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. · 2023-08-10

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ActionFree To Play

Franchise: Overwatch · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 04, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 04, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 10, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 10, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 04, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.

Overwatch® is an Action, Free To Play game released in 2023, priced at free-to-play, with a review sentiment of Mostly Negative (31% of 416736 reviews).

71,155
playing now
31%
positive of 420k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
22,514
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (427 ratings)
90/100
opencritic · mighty · 95% recommend
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

71,155 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Overwatch® trailer thumbnail

Overwatch Cinematic Trailer

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

Health check

Thriving
  • · 71,155 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 61,362 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7,670/week).
  • · Review velocity up 87% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (178,422 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Blizzard (2021-11-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161k161k20232026Week of 2023-08-01: 17,530 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 160,892 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,380 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15,597 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3,065 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9,187 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9,855 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10,150 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,935 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5,790 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,658 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5,009 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3,031 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5,908 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,009 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5,458 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,138 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5,669 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,830 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5,490 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,714 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5,629 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,098 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6,495 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,356 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6,131 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,975 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5,681 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,789 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5,936 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3,626 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,214 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,820 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,293 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,107 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4,263 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,757 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,178 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,342 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,958 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,179 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,437 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,951 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,287 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,002 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,720 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,025 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,165 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,277 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,013 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,978 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,073 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,087 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,118 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,775 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,198 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,116 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,474 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,204 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8,755 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6,312 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5,500 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4,001 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,952 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,892 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,796 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,379 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4,203 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,220 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,557 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,803 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 423 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

97k31k2026-08-06 16:00 — 49,869 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 39,414 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 64,604 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 59,351 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 66,357 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 73,444 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 36,300 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 67,141 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 66,096 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 53,153 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 73,075 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 64,191 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 65,704 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 71,560 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 44,655 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 67,662 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 77,343 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 41,724 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 66,341 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 59,052 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 58,829 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 57,027 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 34,131 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 63,844 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 70,374 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 49,688 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 69,502 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 58,293 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 53,629 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 64,642 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 33,372 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 63,175 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 59,458 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 31,781 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 58,017 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 64,894 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 61,158 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 74,231 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 46,204 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 71,155 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#13#182026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #152026-08-07 — #152026-08-08 — #152026-08-09 — #152026-08-10 — #152026-08-11 — #152026-08-12 — #142026-08-13 — #132026-08-14 — #132026-08-15 — #152026-08-16 — #152026-08-17 — #152026-08-18 — #162026-08-19 — #162026-08-20 — #162026-08-21 — #172026-08-22 — #162026-08-23 — #162026-08-24 — #182026-08-25 — #172026-08-26 — #172026-08-27 — #172026-08-28 — #182026-08-29 — #182026-08-30 — #18
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2862862026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 108 new positive2026-08-07: 47 new negative2026-08-08: 93 new positive2026-08-08: 46 new negative2026-08-09: 82 new positive2026-08-09: 69 new negative2026-08-10: 89 new positive2026-08-10: 70 new negative2026-08-11: 286 new positive2026-08-11: 101 new negative2026-08-12: 216 new positive2026-08-12: 133 new negative2026-08-14: 146 new positive2026-08-14: 72 new negative2026-08-15: 97 new positive2026-08-15: 58 new negative2026-08-16: 125 new positive2026-08-16: 65 new negative2026-08-17: 122 new positive2026-08-17: 73 new negative2026-08-18: 93 new positive2026-08-18: 60 new negative2026-08-19: 85 new positive2026-08-19: 71 new negative2026-08-20: 184 new positive2026-08-20: 94 new negative2026-08-21: 117 new positive2026-08-21: 50 new negative2026-08-22: 95 new positive2026-08-22: 65 new negative2026-08-23: 106 new positive2026-08-23: 41 new negative2026-08-24: 110 new positive2026-08-24: 76 new negative2026-08-25: 86 new positive2026-08-25: 53 new negative2026-08-26: 87 new positive2026-08-26: 65 new negative2026-08-27: 82 new positive2026-08-27: 64 new negative2026-08-28: 89 new positive2026-08-28: 54 new negative2026-08-29: 96 new positive2026-08-29: 58 new negative2026-08-30: 105 new positive2026-08-30: 64 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$42.91$0.002016-05-272026-08-262016-05-27 — best price $40.002016-12-20 — best price $29.992017-05-23 — best price $29.992017-06-06 — best price $40.002017-09-22 — best price $29.992018-02-16 — best price $19.992018-07-26 — best price $19.992018-10-11 — best price $39.992018-10-13 — best price $39.992018-10-16 — best price $42.912018-10-18 — best price $24.582018-11-29 — best price $39.992019-01-07 — best price $39.992019-04-16 — best price $14.992019-09-27 — best price $14.992019-10-31 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $14.992020-06-04 — best price $14.992020-08-05 — best price $14.992020-11-24 — best price $14.992020-12-21 — best price $14.992021-02-04 — best price $14.992021-04-06 — best price $14.992021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-06-29 — best price $14.992021-08-31 — best price $14.992021-09-23 — best price $14.992021-10-26 — best price $14.992021-11-18 — best price $9.992021-12-16 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-03-25 — best price $14.992022-06-01 — best price $14.992023-10-10 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

116k1.8k2026-08-16 16:12 — 8,743 viewers2026-08-17 04:12 — 7,579 viewers2026-08-17 16:12 — 11,009 viewers2026-08-18 04:12 — 15,142 viewers2026-08-18 16:12 — 10,639 viewers2026-08-19 04:12 — 5,294 viewers2026-08-19 16:12 — 14,986 viewers2026-08-20 04:12 — 88,364 viewers2026-08-20 16:12 — 42,896 viewers2026-08-21 04:12 — 81,506 viewers2026-08-21 16:12 — 35,985 viewers2026-08-22 04:12 — 92,720 viewers2026-08-22 16:12 — 42,731 viewers2026-08-23 04:12 — 85,445 viewers2026-08-23 16:12 — 41,346 viewers2026-08-24 04:12 — 9,324 viewers2026-08-24 16:12 — 7,161 viewers2026-08-25 07:12 — 2,988 viewers2026-08-25 23:12 — 5,549 viewers2026-08-26 11:12 — 10,016 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 23,894 viewers2026-08-27 03:12 — 6,513 viewers2026-08-27 09:12 — 4,407 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 15,899 viewers2026-08-27 22:12 — 21,454 viewers2026-08-28 05:12 — 2,035 viewers2026-08-28 11:12 — 3,672 viewers2026-08-28 17:12 — 9,681 viewers2026-08-28 23:12 — 5,245 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 12,265 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 13,438 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 50,925 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 34,926 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 16,994 viewers2026-08-30 13:12 — 8,399 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 22,514 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
50.6%
earned "Can't Touch This"
15.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesAdjustable Text Size6 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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