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Shadow Warrior

Flying Wild Hog · Devolver Digital · 2013-09-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 26, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 31, 2015 (Linux), Oct 24, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Oct 24, 2014 (Xbox One), Mar 31, 2015 (Mac)

Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.

38
playing now
92%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (216 ratings)
15h
to beat · completionist 24h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadow Warrior is a 2013 first-person shooter game developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Devolver Digital. The game is a reboot of the 1997 original of the same name, developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive, licensed out by Devolver Digital. It features the same character Lo Wang and a modern era setting with East Asian mythology elements, all of which were redesigned with modern, full 3D graphics and new gameplay features, while also being a throwback to classic first-person shooters.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 311 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,719 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.40-90%
Fanatical$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: $1.89 at WinGameStore (2024-09-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 119 of 126 observed days · $1.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17217220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3882026-08-06 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 32 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 37 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$1.892015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-09 — best price $3.992015-09-27 — best price $7.992015-12-29 — best price $39.992016-03-31 — best price $3.992016-07-19 — best price $7.992016-11-29 — best price $39.992017-06-22 — best price $3.992017-11-24 — best price $39.992018-07-06 — best price $39.992018-11-21 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $9.982019-11-12 — best price $39.992020-01-30 — best price $32.392020-05-21 — best price $9.792020-10-29 — best price $7.992021-04-10 — best price $39.992021-08-19 — best price $5.992022-01-19 — best price $39.992022-04-08 — best price $39.992022-06-24 — best price $5.992022-09-17 — best price $39.992023-01-02 — best price $25.992023-04-03 — best price $29.992023-07-04 — best price $29.992023-09-16 — best price $25.992024-01-15 — best price $2.992024-04-04 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.402024-09-19 — best price $29.992024-12-18 — best price $4.002025-03-01 — best price $29.992025-05-22 — best price $2.992025-09-04 — best price $29.992025-12-06 — best price $39.992026-04-06 — best price $26.692026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-08-26 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

95402026-05-31 — 60 pageviews2026-06-03 — 93 pageviews2026-06-06 — 62 pageviews2026-06-09 — 67 pageviews2026-06-12 — 66 pageviews2026-06-15 — 64 pageviews2026-06-18 — 63 pageviews2026-06-21 — 52 pageviews2026-06-24 — 42 pageviews2026-06-27 — 54 pageviews2026-06-30 — 80 pageviews2026-07-03 — 77 pageviews2026-07-06 — 47 pageviews2026-07-09 — 45 pageviews2026-07-12 — 62 pageviews2026-07-15 — 47 pageviews2026-07-18 — 61 pageviews2026-07-21 — 74 pageviews2026-07-24 — 46 pageviews2026-07-27 — 53 pageviews2026-07-30 — 48 pageviews2026-08-02 — 67 pageviews2026-08-05 — 51 pageviews2026-08-08 — 66 pageviews2026-08-11 — 60 pageviews2026-08-14 — 52 pageviews2026-08-17 — 62 pageviews2026-08-20 — 55 pageviews2026-08-23 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 71 pageviews2026-08-28 — 51 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
57.1%
earned "Pot Breaker"
21.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55,9073%92
Xbox One (Xbox)20,2210%53
PS4 (PlayStation)14,9414%53

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

Player tags

FPSGoreNinjaActionComedyDemonsShooterAdventureSwordplayDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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