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Shadow Warrior Classic Redux cover art

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

General Arcade · Devolver Digital · 2013-07-08

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 19, 2017 (Android), Jul 08, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 08, 2013 (Mac), Jul 08, 2013 (Linux)

The definitive version of the cult classic shooter, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux features remastered visuals and two massive expansion packs. Corporations rule every facet of life in a near-future Japan and employ Shadow Warriors, one-man armies of unparalleled skill, to protect their power and forcefully remove all opposition.

11
playing now
89%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive. The shareware version was released for the PC on May 13, 1997, while the full version was completed on August 25, 1997 and released in stores on September 16, 1997. Shadow Warrior was developed using Ken Silverman's Build engine and improved on 3D Realms' previous Build engine game, Duke Nukem 3D. Mark Adams ported Shadow Warrior to Mac OS in August 1997.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 146k–291k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,641 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 57 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-08-06 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

139502026-06-01 — 78 pageviews2026-06-04 — 83 pageviews2026-06-07 — 71 pageviews2026-06-10 — 71 pageviews2026-06-13 — 86 pageviews2026-06-16 — 80 pageviews2026-06-19 — 86 pageviews2026-06-22 — 65 pageviews2026-06-25 — 80 pageviews2026-06-28 — 89 pageviews2026-07-01 — 67 pageviews2026-07-04 — 66 pageviews2026-07-07 — 76 pageviews2026-07-10 — 81 pageviews2026-07-13 — 73 pageviews2026-07-16 — 60 pageviews2026-07-19 — 89 pageviews2026-07-22 — 68 pageviews2026-07-25 — 85 pageviews2026-07-28 — 84 pageviews2026-07-31 — 83 pageviews2026-08-03 — 83 pageviews2026-08-06 — 110 pageviews2026-08-09 — 95 pageviews2026-08-12 — 103 pageviews2026-08-15 — 63 pageviews2026-08-18 — 109 pageviews2026-08-21 — 89 pageviews2026-08-24 — 74 pageviews2026-08-27 — 73 pageviews2026-08-29 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
53.2%
earned "Corporate Violence"
11.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,58612%20

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

Player tags

FPSGoreFunnyNinjaRetro1990'sActionComedyClassicShooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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