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Project Warlock

Buckshot Software · Retrovibe · 2018-12-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Project Warlock is a 2018 Action, Indie game priced at $12.00, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (87% of 6217 reviews).

5
playing now
87%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
43/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (9 downloads)
4.52★
PlayStation Store rating (616 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.00
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Project Warlock trailer thumbnail

Project Warlock Launch Trailer

≈401,383 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

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 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 155k–373k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,217 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-85%
GOG$1.79-85%
Steam$1.80-85%
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 79 of 102 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

2422026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
865Dec 2018Aug 2026Dec 2018 — avg 26 · peak 90Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 37Sep 2019 — avg 6 · peak 27Dec 2019 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2020 — avg 56 · peak 165Jun 2020 — avg 30 · peak 79Sep 2020 — avg 26 · peak 79Dec 2020 — avg 23 · peak 63Mar 2021 — avg 19 · peak 73Jun 2021 — avg 23 · peak 84Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 35Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 30Mar 2022 — avg 25 · peak 73Jun 2022 — avg 50 · peak 337Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 55Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 41Mar 2023 — avg 13 · peak 34Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 36Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 36Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 35Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2025 — avg 27 · peak 103Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 39Dec 2025 — avg 14 · peak 34Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 23Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.00$1.792018-10-192026-10-142018-10-19 — best price $12.002019-09-23 — best price $8.042019-11-08 — best price $8.042020-01-02 — best price $12.002020-02-24 — best price $12.002020-04-27 — best price $12.002020-08-14 — best price $4.202020-11-03 — best price $4.202021-01-14 — best price $4.082021-05-18 — best price $12.002021-10-11 — best price $12.002021-12-04 — best price $12.002022-04-04 — best price $3.002022-08-19 — best price $2.762022-11-22 — best price $2.762023-01-20 — best price $2.762023-05-01 — best price $12.002023-08-14 — best price $12.002023-11-28 — best price $12.002024-02-27 — best price $2.762024-06-06 — best price $2.402024-08-15 — best price $2.402024-11-16 — best price $12.002025-01-23 — best price $2.402025-03-20 — best price $12.002025-06-27 — best price $2.402025-10-06 — best price $12.002025-12-18 — best price $1.802026-03-10 — best price $12.002026-06-17 — best price $1.792026-08-10 — best price $1.792026-08-31 — best price $1.792026-09-12 — best price $1.792026-09-24 — best price $1.792026-10-06 — best price $1.792026-10-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2662026-05-28 — 12 pageviews2026-06-01 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 9 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 23 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 13 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 23 pageviews2026-08-28 — 20 pageviews2026-09-01 — 19 pageviews2026-09-05 — 18 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 19 pageviews2026-09-21 — 16 pageviews2026-09-25 — 13 pageviews2026-09-29 — 20 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 16 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-12-06 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSRPGBloodRetroActionDemonsShooterFast-PacedOld SchoolDark Fantasy

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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