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Paladins®

Evil Mojo Games · Hi-Rez Studios · 2018-05-08

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ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jun 12, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 03, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 02, 2017 (Xbox One), May 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 08, 2018 (Mac)

Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!

Paladins® is an Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 345385 reviews) sentiment.

413
playing now
85%
positive of 345k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
205
twitch viewers (latest)
18.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (277 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (308 downloads)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (230,174 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 63% recommend · from 19 critics
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a 2018 free-to-play online hero shooter video game by Hi-Rez Studios. The game was developed by Evil Mojo, an internal studio of Hi-Rez and was released on May 8, 2018, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, followed by a Nintendo Switch version released on June 12, 2018.

Trailer

Paladins® trailer thumbnail

Paladins - Cinematic Trailer - "Go To War"

≈473,435 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 413 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,773 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~347/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,794 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10.0k10.0k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 3,027 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 634 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2,708 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 543 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3,956 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 928 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,932 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 690 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,500 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 512 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2,250 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 527 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,738 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,659 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 398 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5,884 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 694 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2,187 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 518 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2,099 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 676 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,654 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 553 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,693 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 362 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,489 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,397 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,777 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 597 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5,236 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 605 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,511 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,130 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9,966 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 828 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7,218 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 674 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6,330 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 782 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4,838 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 578 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6,332 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,019 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7,375 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 944 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5,243 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 777 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,719 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 509 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,785 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 544 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,141 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 500 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,409 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 423 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,712 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 378 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,595 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 529 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,156 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 510 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,436 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 519 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,176 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,208 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 513 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,961 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 500 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,140 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 440 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,610 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,909 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 489 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,454 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 447 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,129 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 432 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,308 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,696 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 419 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,973 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 518 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,467 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 593 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,763 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 506 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,832 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 494 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,753 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 474 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 496 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,737 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,870 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 544 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,392 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,093 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,244 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 341 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,407 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,049 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 872 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,191 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,348 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,007 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k3022026-09-14 19:00 — 1,178 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 737 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 506 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,183 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 928 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 410 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 1,017 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 820 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 325 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,156 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,102 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 416 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 789 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 953 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 570 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 863 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,003 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 599 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 455 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,118 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 924 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 440 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,067 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 413 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29k755Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 21,029 · peak 48,004Jan 2017 — avg 23,447 · peak 41,509May 2017 — avg 24,569 · peak 46,204Sep 2017 — avg 23,315 · peak 45,615Jan 2018 — avg 20,477 · peak 38,563May 2018 — avg 18,219 · peak 34,990Sep 2018 — avg 14,074 · peak 28,759Jan 2019 — avg 15,018 · peak 28,070May 2019 — avg 11,461 · peak 20,808Sep 2019 — avg 12,083 · peak 22,180Jan 2020 — avg 13,883 · peak 26,050May 2020 — avg 14,322 · peak 28,367Sep 2020 — avg 8,414 · peak 14,374Jan 2021 — avg 10,026 · peak 17,456May 2021 — avg 9,132 · peak 15,908Sep 2021 — avg 7,479 · peak 13,621Jan 2022 — avg 6,897 · peak 13,059May 2022 — avg 6,676 · peak 12,270Sep 2022 — avg 5,122 · peak 9,211Jan 2023 — avg 8,306 · peak 17,560May 2023 — avg 8,158 · peak 12,467Sep 2023 — avg 7,441 · peak 10,518Jan 2024 — avg 5,376 · peak 8,979May 2024 — avg 4,467 · peak 7,142Sep 2024 — avg 3,404 · peak 5,736Jan 2025 — avg 1,719 · peak 3,308May 2025 — avg 1,263 · peak 9,986Sep 2025 — avg 869 · peak 1,727Jan 2026 — avg 977 · peak 1,852May 2026 — avg 795 · peak 1,526Aug 2026 — avg 909 · peak 3,232
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.00$0.002016-09-162026-10-102016-09-16 — best price $0.002020-03-24 — best price $0.002026-08-29 — best price $0.002026-09-05 — best price $0.002026-09-12 — best price $0.002026-09-19 — best price $0.002026-09-26 — best price $0.002026-10-03 — best price $0.002026-10-10 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

202882026-05-31 — 108 pageviews2026-06-04 — 105 pageviews2026-06-08 — 102 pageviews2026-06-12 — 101 pageviews2026-06-16 — 153 pageviews2026-06-20 — 118 pageviews2026-06-24 — 124 pageviews2026-06-28 — 128 pageviews2026-07-02 — 92 pageviews2026-07-06 — 114 pageviews2026-07-10 — 111 pageviews2026-07-14 — 121 pageviews2026-07-18 — 101 pageviews2026-07-22 — 185 pageviews2026-07-26 — 202 pageviews2026-07-30 — 114 pageviews2026-08-03 — 127 pageviews2026-08-07 — 182 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-15 — 131 pageviews2026-08-19 — 106 pageviews2026-08-23 — 132 pageviews2026-08-27 — 115 pageviews2026-08-31 — 108 pageviews2026-09-04 — 90 pageviews2026-09-08 — 102 pageviews2026-09-12 — 137 pageviews2026-09-16 — 114 pageviews2026-09-20 — 99 pageviews2026-09-24 — 115 pageviews2026-09-28 — 102 pageviews2026-10-02 — 114 pageviews2026-10-06 — 122 pageviews2026-10-10 — 101 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

303152026-09-30 18:34 — 298 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 189 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 213 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 155 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 227 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 147 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 205 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
68.7%
earned "Untouched"
17.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet8 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2021-02-03, latest 2022-08-17 (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

FPSPvPMOBACo-opActionFantasyShooterStrategyControllerTeam-Based

Census log

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

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