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Prototype 2 cover art

Prototype 2

Radical Entertainment · Activision · 2012-07-24

SteamPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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))

Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!

66
playing now
77%
positive of 16k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (254 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 66 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 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 634k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,839 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 7 of 15 observed days · $33.40 above the all-time low (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

106322026-08-06 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 89 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 106 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 89 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 70 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 69 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 71 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 44 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 76 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 100 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 50 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 83 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 87 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 91 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 73 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 93 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$7.742015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — 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 $39.992026-08-29 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3491292026-06-01 — 150 pageviews2026-06-04 — 193 pageviews2026-06-07 — 219 pageviews2026-06-10 — 187 pageviews2026-06-13 — 146 pageviews2026-06-16 — 163 pageviews2026-06-19 — 161 pageviews2026-06-22 — 209 pageviews2026-06-25 — 157 pageviews2026-06-28 — 243 pageviews2026-07-01 — 156 pageviews2026-07-04 — 213 pageviews2026-07-07 — 235 pageviews2026-07-10 — 191 pageviews2026-07-13 — 200 pageviews2026-07-16 — 249 pageviews2026-07-19 — 172 pageviews2026-07-22 — 135 pageviews2026-07-25 — 182 pageviews2026-07-28 — 172 pageviews2026-07-31 — 146 pageviews2026-08-03 — 173 pageviews2026-08-06 — 173 pageviews2026-08-09 — 177 pageviews2026-08-12 — 176 pageviews2026-08-15 — 202 pageviews2026-08-18 — 198 pageviews2026-08-21 — 167 pageviews2026-08-24 — 184 pageviews2026-08-27 — 186 pageviews2026-08-29 — 175 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

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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