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Prototype™ cover art

Prototype™

Radical Entertainment · Activision · 2009-06-10

SteamPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 12, 2015 (Xbox One), Jun 12, 2009 (Xbox 360), Jun 09, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 12, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Jul 14, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.

74
playing now
80%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (415 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 32h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

74 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Prototype is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. It was released in June 2009 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. In July 2015, the game was re-released alongside its sequel as the Prototype Biohazard Bundle for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Separate versions of the two games became available in August 2015. In Prototype, players control an amnesiac shapeshifter named Alex Mercer as he attempts to stop an outbreak of a virus called Blacklight in Manhattan, which mutates individuals into powerful, violent monsters. Alex also attempts to uncover his mysterious past while coming into conflict with both the US military and a black operations force called Blackwatch. Outside of the main story, players can freely explore the game's open world and engage in several different side activities.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 74 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,034 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~129/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 567k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,163 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17317320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

130442026-08-06 21:00 — 84 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 60 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 87 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 92 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 80 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 94 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 116 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 64 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 75 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 100 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 68 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 80 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 59 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 103 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 130 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 70 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 83 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 90 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 72 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 78 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 98 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 76 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 64 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 88 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 74 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-04-02 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $9.792015-11-01 — best price $19.992015-12-26 — best price $19.992016-03-18 — best price $4.992016-05-17 — best price $19.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-11-24 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $4.992017-04-11 — best price $4.992017-06-23 — best price $4.992017-11-14 — best price $19.992018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-05-17 — best price $4.992018-11-05 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $4.992019-05-16 — best price $4.992019-08-05 — best price $4.992019-10-07 — best price $19.992020-01-13 — best price $4.992020-05-18 — best price $4.992020-10-12 — best price $4.992021-01-21 — best price $19.992021-04-05 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-06-06 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-03-27 — best price $4.992023-11-15 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-08-05 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6093262026-06-01 — 382 pageviews2026-06-04 — 493 pageviews2026-06-07 — 533 pageviews2026-06-10 — 386 pageviews2026-06-13 — 347 pageviews2026-06-16 — 388 pageviews2026-06-19 — 390 pageviews2026-06-22 — 479 pageviews2026-06-25 — 439 pageviews2026-06-28 — 480 pageviews2026-07-01 — 400 pageviews2026-07-04 — 410 pageviews2026-07-07 — 453 pageviews2026-07-10 — 397 pageviews2026-07-13 — 492 pageviews2026-07-16 — 435 pageviews2026-07-19 — 383 pageviews2026-07-22 — 354 pageviews2026-07-25 — 379 pageviews2026-07-28 — 402 pageviews2026-07-31 — 333 pageviews2026-08-03 — 411 pageviews2026-08-06 — 407 pageviews2026-08-09 — 396 pageviews2026-08-12 — 363 pageviews2026-08-15 — 406 pageviews2026-08-18 — 399 pageviews2026-08-21 — 328 pageviews2026-08-24 — 427 pageviews2026-08-27 — 404 pageviews2026-08-29 — 366 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian

Player tags

GoreActionSci-fiParkourSandboxViolentZombiesAdventureSuperheroOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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