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Shadow Warrior (Classic)

3D Realms · 2014-05-05

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 29, 2013 (Mac), May 13, 1997 (DOS), Dec 19, 2012 (iOS), May 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lo Wang. Master ninja assassin for 20 years. A Shadow Warrior. Shadow Warriors are the best of the best, and Lo Wang was the best of the Shadow warriors. Every top company in Japan had a Shadow Warrior... a protector, a negotiator, a cleaner.

Shadow Warrior (Classic) is a 2014 Action game, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, with a Mixed sentiment (66% of 32 reviews).

0
playing now
66%
positive of 32 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (88 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Lo Wang is a bodyguard for Zilla Enterprises, which has control over every major industry in Japan. However, this has led to corruption. Master Zilla, the president of the Zilla Enterprise, is planning to conquer Japan using creatures from the "dark side". When he discovers this, Lo Wang quit his job as a bodyguard. Master Zilla realizes the threat that Lo Wang poses and sends his creatures to battle him(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-11-27) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 27 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120152025Week of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-05-17 — best price $2.492015-07-12 — best price $9.992015-10-20 — best price $9.992015-12-29 — best price $9.992016-02-24 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-09-09 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-06-26 — best price $2.492017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-06-04 — best price $2.492018-11-06 — best price $2.492019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-11-10 — best price $2.492020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-07-13 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $2.492021-05-05 — best price $1.992021-08-19 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $1.992022-11-11 — best price $1.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-06-11 — best price $1.992023-09-01 — best price $9.992024-01-25 — best price $1.992024-04-15 — best price $0.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-10-17 — best price $1.992025-01-23 — best price $1.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-07-18 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $1.992026-02-05 — best price $1.992026-05-08 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPS1990'sActionClassicShooterBoomer Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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