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Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition

Flying Wild Hog · Devolver Digital · 2022-03-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 16, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Feb 16, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 01, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 01, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take an adrenaline-fueled journey through a mythical Japanese realm in the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, packed with new features, and enjoy an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and spectacular free-running movement.

5
playing now
69%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (52 ratings)
6h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadow Warrior 3 is a 2022 first-person shooter game developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Devolver Digital. The sequel to Shadow Warrior 2 (2016), the game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 1 March 2022. It was later released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 16 February 2023. It received mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 302 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,549 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 113k–254k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,653 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.30-70%
GOG$11.99-70%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.48 at GameBillet (2022-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 61 of 95 observed days · $8.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
94894820222026Week of 2022-03-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 601 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-06 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$3.482022-01-312026-08-302022-01-31 — best price $49.992022-03-02 — best price $46.792022-05-24 — best price $49.992022-08-03 — best price $39.992022-08-23 — best price $20.002022-11-01 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $15.932023-02-07 — best price $39.992023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-05-03 — best price $39.992023-06-23 — best price $19.992023-07-28 — best price $20.002023-08-25 — best price $19.992023-09-29 — best price $39.992023-12-21 — best price $19.992024-02-06 — best price $19.992024-03-19 — best price $39.992024-05-01 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $19.992024-07-12 — best price $39.992024-08-20 — best price $39.992024-10-08 — best price $39.992024-11-16 — best price $39.992024-12-22 — best price $20.002025-02-04 — best price $39.992025-03-05 — best price $17.992025-04-14 — best price $30.992025-05-16 — best price $39.992025-06-28 — best price $15.492025-08-18 — best price $19.992025-09-27 — best price $39.992025-11-12 — best price $11.992026-01-08 — best price $11.992026-03-15 — best price $39.992026-04-27 — best price $9.292026-06-02 — best price $39.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-29 — best price $11.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

112302026-05-31 — 36 pageviews2026-06-03 — 112 pageviews2026-06-06 — 49 pageviews2026-06-09 — 74 pageviews2026-06-12 — 71 pageviews2026-06-15 — 64 pageviews2026-06-18 — 50 pageviews2026-06-21 — 42 pageviews2026-06-24 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 48 pageviews2026-06-30 — 50 pageviews2026-07-03 — 58 pageviews2026-07-06 — 45 pageviews2026-07-09 — 46 pageviews2026-07-12 — 48 pageviews2026-07-15 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 49 pageviews2026-07-21 — 89 pageviews2026-07-24 — 48 pageviews2026-07-27 — 47 pageviews2026-07-30 — 47 pageviews2026-08-02 — 55 pageviews2026-08-05 — 53 pageviews2026-08-08 — 45 pageviews2026-08-11 — 50 pageviews2026-08-14 — 45 pageviews2026-08-17 — 54 pageviews2026-08-20 — 49 pageviews2026-08-23 — 45 pageviews2026-08-26 — 59 pageviews2026-08-27 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
88%
earned "A Cold Day in Hell"
45.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Polish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,69120%38

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

Player tags

FPSDarkGoreActionDemonsShooterColorfulAdventureBeautifulCinematic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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