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Dire Wolf · 2020-09-24

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 24, 2020 (Mac), Nov 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2020 (iOS), Aug 29, 2020 (Android)

Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

131
playing now
90%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

131 players in-game as of 2026-08-29 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 131 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 576 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~72/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 111k–249k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,530 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32532520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

322982026-08-07 00:00 — 209 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 121 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 185 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 233 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 147 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 206 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 217 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 161 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 261 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 279 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 125 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 199 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 235 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 120 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 205 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 190 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 120 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 170 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 203 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 98 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 130 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 152 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 116 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 147 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 192 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 115 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 122 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 198 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 131 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492020-08-202026-08-142020-08-20 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-04-14 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-10-25 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-06-12 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-04 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-10 — best price $14.992024-09-24 — best price $14.992024-11-07 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-02-02 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-04-09 — best price $7.492025-05-23 — best price $7.492025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-29 — best price $7.492025-09-11 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-25 — best price $7.492025-12-04 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-26 — best price $5.992026-03-11 — best price $7.492026-03-19 — best price $5.242026-04-19 — best price $5.242026-06-11 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
38.3%
earned "Sneak Attack"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam Turn Notifications7 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6780%58
Steam (Steam)6191%29
Switch (Nintendo)260%0
Steam (Steam)0—53

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

Player tags

PvPWarCuteIndieWargameStrategyTabletopCard GameBoard GameSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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