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Pavlov

Vankrupt Games · 2024-12-04

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 31, 2021 (Meta Quest 2), Feb 22, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), Feb 27, 2017 (SteamVR)

Pavlov is a multiplayer shooter in VR with heavy focus on community features. Realistic reloading features and fast paced combat as part of the core experience. Play the #1 most popular VR shooter on PC today.

Pavlov is an Action, Indie game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 40534 reviews).

24
playing now
89%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (4,771 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Pavlov trailer thumbnail

Pavlov - Announcement Trailer | PS VR2 Games

≈398,359 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 580 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,818 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,659 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 811k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 40,534 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2022-02-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,458 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,701 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 703 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,154 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

111152026-09-15 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 66 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 40 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 67 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 111 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 61 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 66 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 66 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 74 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 60 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 44 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 47 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 81 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 81 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 72 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 73 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 103 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 39 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k0Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Apr 2017 — avg 28 · peak 68Jul 2017 — avg 32 · peak 78Oct 2017 — avg 37 · peak 84Jan 2018 — avg 92 · peak 218Apr 2018 — avg 99 · peak 345Jul 2018 — avg 156 · peak 281Oct 2018 — avg 209 · peak 414Jan 2019 — avg 416 · peak 907Apr 2019 — avg 366 · peak 777Jul 2019 — avg 945 · peak 17,629Oct 2019 — avg 532 · peak 1,161Jan 2020 — avg 820 · peak 1,740Apr 2020 — avg 722 · peak 1,270Jul 2020 — avg 680 · peak 1,095Oct 2020 — avg 578 · peak 1,196Jan 2021 — avg 1,237 · peak 3,213Apr 2021 — avg 989 · peak 1,874Jul 2021 — avg 831 · peak 1,339Oct 2021 — avg 754 · peak 1,915Jan 2022 — avg 1,184 · peak 2,301Apr 2022 — avg 712 · peak 1,314Jul 2022 — avg 831 · peak 1,714Oct 2022 — avg 441 · peak 794Jan 2023 — avg 535 · peak 991Apr 2023 — avg 424 · peak 890Jul 2023 — avg 332 · peak 526Oct 2023 — avg 249 · peak 501Jan 2024 — avg 281 · peak 606Apr 2024 — avg 225 · peak 531Jul 2024 — avg 190 · peak 377Oct 2024 — avg 152 · peak 321Jan 2025 — avg 222 · peak 436Apr 2025 — avg 134 · peak 292Jul 2025 — avg 124 · peak 246Oct 2025 — avg 90 · peak 203Jan 2026 — avg 124 · peak 252Apr 2026 — avg 82 · peak 178Jul 2026 — avg 60 · peak 115Aug 2026 — avg 56 · peak 123
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.992017-02-282026-03-262017-02-28 — best price $5.992017-04-10 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $5.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-04-19 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-22 — best price $5.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-09-04 — best price $5.992019-12-19 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $24.992020-06-25 — best price $14.992020-08-04 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992020-12-14 — best price $24.992021-01-08 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $24.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $24.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992024-03-15 — best price $17.492024-04-22 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $16.242025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-12-30 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opTracked Controller SupportVR Only

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)3,3873%22

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

VRFPSPvPGoreCo-opFunnyActionShooterViolentZombies

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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