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Prototype 2

Radical Entertainment · Activision · 2012-07-24

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 14, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Apr 27, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Apr 27, 2012 (Xbox 360), Aug 12, 2015 (Xbox One), Jul 24, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Prototype 2 is a 2012 Action and Adventure game priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (77% of 15857 reviews).

71
playing now
77%
positive of 16k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (254 ratings)
92
Nexus mods (298k downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (8,499 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Prototype 2 is a 2012 action-adventure video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision, and the sequel to 2009's Prototype. First announced at the 2010 Spike VGA Awards, it was released in April 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and in July 2012 for Microsoft Windows. In July 2015, the game was re-released alongside its predecessor as the Prototype Biohazard Bundle for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Separate versions of the two games became available in August 2015.

Trailer

Prototype 2 trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 71 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 547 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 634k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,857 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.59 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 12 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11411420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

171482026-09-15 12:00 — 111 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 161 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 74 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 107 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 171 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 60 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 72 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 111 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 67 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 105 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 93 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 57 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 48 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 100 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 122 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 69 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 117 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 120 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 72 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 111 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 134 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 65 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 71 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k47Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,223 · peak 4,062Dec 2012 — avg 265 · peak 1,046May 2013 — avg 108 · peak 228Oct 2013 — avg 102 · peak 331Mar 2014 — avg 95 · peak 216Aug 2014 — avg 121 · peak 231Jan 2015 — avg 112 · peak 361Jun 2015 — avg 135 · peak 494Nov 2015 — avg 69 · peak 199Apr 2016 — avg 204 · peak 931Sep 2016 — avg 79 · peak 319Feb 2017 — avg 126 · peak 392Jul 2017 — avg 97 · peak 221Dec 2017 — avg 90 · peak 184May 2018 — avg 80 · peak 159Oct 2018 — avg 66 · peak 139Mar 2019 — avg 61 · peak 140Aug 2019 — avg 84 · peak 186Jan 2020 — avg 86 · peak 184Jun 2020 — avg 70 · peak 140Nov 2020 — avg 62 · peak 120Apr 2021 — avg 98 · peak 275Sep 2021 — avg 83 · peak 173Feb 2022 — avg 132 · peak 327Jul 2022 — avg 90 · peak 188Dec 2022 — avg 89 · peak 173May 2023 — avg 94 · peak 228Oct 2023 — avg 61 · peak 112Mar 2024 — avg 60 · peak 135Aug 2024 — avg 75 · peak 164Jan 2025 — avg 66 · peak 145Jun 2025 — avg 97 · peak 284Nov 2025 — avg 114 · peak 276Apr 2026 — avg 71 · peak 131Aug 2026 — avg 66 · peak 121
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$7.742015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-03-07 — best price $30.062015-04-28 — best price $30.442015-06-11 — best price $19.592015-07-26 — best price $7.742015-11-26 — best price $9.992016-01-30 — best price $9.992016-05-14 — best price $9.992016-06-24 — best price $26.742016-11-13 — best price $39.992017-01-01 — best price $9.992017-04-10 — best price $9.992017-06-23 — best price $9.992017-11-29 — best price $39.992018-03-08 — best price $39.992018-09-17 — best price $39.992019-02-11 — best price $39.992019-06-24 — best price $39.992019-09-13 — best price $9.992019-12-01 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-03-23 — best price $39.992020-10-19 — best price $39.992021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-05-14 — best price $13.192021-11-01 — best price $39.992022-03-02 — best price $33.372022-10-17 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-11-20 — best price $39.992024-05-02 — best price $39.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992025-06-06 — best price $39.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-09-04 — best price $11.992026-10-10 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3201362026-06-01 — 150 pageviews2026-06-05 — 195 pageviews2026-06-09 — 223 pageviews2026-06-13 — 146 pageviews2026-06-17 — 159 pageviews2026-06-21 — 163 pageviews2026-06-25 — 157 pageviews2026-06-29 — 169 pageviews2026-07-03 — 199 pageviews2026-07-07 — 235 pageviews2026-07-11 — 156 pageviews2026-07-15 — 215 pageviews2026-07-19 — 172 pageviews2026-07-23 — 157 pageviews2026-07-27 — 243 pageviews2026-07-31 — 146 pageviews2026-08-04 — 136 pageviews2026-08-08 — 173 pageviews2026-08-12 — 176 pageviews2026-08-16 — 208 pageviews2026-08-20 — 157 pageviews2026-08-24 — 184 pageviews2026-08-28 — 144 pageviews2026-09-01 — 320 pageviews2026-09-05 — 177 pageviews2026-09-09 — 187 pageviews2026-09-13 — 202 pageviews2026-09-17 — 212 pageviews2026-09-21 — 252 pageviews2026-09-25 — 206 pageviews2026-09-29 — 177 pageviews2026-10-03 — 286 pageviews2026-10-07 — 203 pageviews2026-10-11 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
82.3%
earned "It's an Epidemic"
36.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-07-24 (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

RPGGoreActionSci-fiParkourSandboxViolentZombiesAdventureSuperhero

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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