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Project Warlock cover art

Project Warlock

Buckshot Software · Retrovibe · 2018-12-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 11, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 12, 2020 (Xbox One), Jun 09, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.

5
playing now
87%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
43/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.00
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Project Warlock is a 2018 first-person shooter video game developed by Polish studio Buckshot Software and published by Gaming Company. Project Warlock is notable for being created by 18-year-old Jakub Cislo, who developed the game while still attending high school. A sequel, titled Project Warlock II, was released into early access on June 10, 2022, and fully released on May 28, 2025.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 318 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 155k–372k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,201 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-85%
GOG$1.79-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-85%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.20 at Steam (2025-05-14) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.00 · on sale 41 of 66 observed days · $0.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20420420182026Week of 2018-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-08-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.00$1.792018-10-192026-08-302018-10-19 — best price $12.002019-07-17 — best price $8.042019-10-29 — best price $7.802019-12-03 — best price $12.002020-01-23 — best price $4.802020-03-02 — best price $4.802020-04-27 — best price $12.002020-07-13 — best price $12.002020-09-12 — best price $12.002020-12-01 — best price $12.002021-02-15 — best price $12.002021-06-14 — best price $4.082021-10-11 — best price $12.002021-11-29 — best price $12.002022-02-07 — best price $3.002022-06-06 — best price $3.002022-09-22 — best price $12.002022-11-25 — best price $2.762023-01-20 — best price $2.762023-04-04 — best price $12.002023-07-19 — best price $12.002023-10-02 — best price $12.002024-01-04 — best price $12.002024-03-06 — best price $12.002024-06-06 — best price $2.402024-07-29 — best price $2.402024-10-28 — best price $2.402024-12-09 — best price $1.802025-02-10 — best price $12.002025-04-03 — best price $12.002025-06-27 — best price $2.402025-09-27 — best price $12.002025-11-26 — best price $1.802026-02-04 — best price $12.002026-03-27 — best price $1.792026-07-09 — best price $12.002026-08-10 — best price $1.792026-08-29 — best price $1.792026-08-30 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3642026-05-28 — 12 pageviews2026-05-31 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 19 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 23 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-27 — 22 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
54.3%
earned "Marco Polo"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,1046%20
Xbox One (Xbox)5745%20
PS4 (PlayStation)47815%21
PS4 (PlayStation)42817%21
Switch (Nintendo)780%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSRPGBloodRetroActionDemonsShooterFast-PacedOld SchoolDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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