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Shadow Warrior 2

Flying Wild Hog · Devolver Digital · 2016-10-13

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 19, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2017 (Mac), 2017 (Linux), May 19, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.

84
playing now
87%
positive of 28k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (123 ratings)
13h
to beat · completionist 43h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

84 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadow Warrior 2 is a 2016 first-person shooter game developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Devolver Digital. The game is the sequel to 2013's Shadow Warrior, the reboot of the 1997 original. It was released for Windows in October 2016, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in May 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics. A sequel, Shadow Warrior 3, was released in March 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 84 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 507 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 704k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,171 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.40-90%
Fanatical$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
Gamesplanet$2.99-90%
Humble Store$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.52 at 2game (2025-11-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 120 of 127 observed days · $0.47 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70670620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

92232026-08-06 21:00 — 61 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 67 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 61 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 89 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 61 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 87 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 77 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 37 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 68 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 56 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 44 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 51 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 49 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 40 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 31 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 56 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 64 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 34 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 84 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$45.51$0.002015-06-122026-08-302015-06-12 — best price $0.002016-12-09 — best price $31.992017-06-06 — best price $26.662017-11-21 — best price $39.992018-05-10 — best price $15.992018-10-30 — best price $9.992019-02-25 — best price $9.992019-08-29 — best price $9.992019-12-23 — best price $3.952020-02-29 — best price $39.992020-07-10 — best price $39.192020-12-01 — best price $39.992021-05-21 — best price $7.202021-11-01 — best price $39.992022-02-16 — best price $7.992022-05-02 — best price $38.962022-08-05 — best price $6.822022-11-11 — best price $4.492023-02-21 — best price $29.992023-05-12 — best price $3.992023-08-01 — best price $29.992023-11-06 — best price $2.992024-02-11 — best price $2.402024-05-02 — best price $2.402024-07-25 — best price $23.992024-10-24 — best price $2.992025-01-23 — best price $2.992025-03-27 — best price $2.992025-06-10 — best price $3.992025-09-25 — best price $2.992026-01-08 — best price $2.992026-04-24 — best price $2.672026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69212026-05-31 — 37 pageviews2026-06-03 — 62 pageviews2026-06-06 — 46 pageviews2026-06-09 — 48 pageviews2026-06-12 — 50 pageviews2026-06-15 — 48 pageviews2026-06-18 — 47 pageviews2026-06-21 — 41 pageviews2026-06-24 — 21 pageviews2026-06-27 — 65 pageviews2026-06-30 — 49 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-06 — 44 pageviews2026-07-09 — 23 pageviews2026-07-12 — 53 pageviews2026-07-15 — 38 pageviews2026-07-18 — 29 pageviews2026-07-21 — 51 pageviews2026-07-24 — 32 pageviews2026-07-27 — 48 pageviews2026-07-30 — 37 pageviews2026-08-02 — 31 pageviews2026-08-05 — 39 pageviews2026-08-08 — 34 pageviews2026-08-11 — 42 pageviews2026-08-14 — 46 pageviews2026-08-17 — 45 pageviews2026-08-20 — 34 pageviews2026-08-23 — 40 pageviews2026-08-26 — 55 pageviews2026-08-28 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "Lieutenant Akimbo"
13.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33,4433%64
Xbox One (Xbox)12,2202%39
PS4 (PlayStation)10,5429%39
Windows (Xbox)1,5524%39

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

FPSGoreLootCo-opNinjaActionComedyDemonsShooterSwordplay

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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