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Shieldwall cover art

Shieldwall

Nezon Production · 2023-04-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 08, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 08, 2024 (Xbox One), Nov 08, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 08, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 08, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.

Shieldwall is an Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2023 for $17.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive (86% of 7444 reviews) sentiment.

52
playing now
86%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,341
twitch viewers (latest)
1170.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.15★
PlayStation Store rating (436 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

52 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Shieldwall trailer thumbnail

Shieldwall - Release Trailer

≈217,113 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 52 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 641 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~80/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 149k–335k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,444 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.39 at Steam (2026-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 4 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
91591520202026Week of 2020-03-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

207272026-09-15 13:00 — 104 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 104 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 66 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 141 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 131 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 53 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 55 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 112 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 81 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 116 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 114 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 66 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 36 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 144 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 98 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 85 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 122 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 91 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 40 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 120 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 107 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
42730Mar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 427 · peak 890May 2020 — avg 76 · peak 236Jul 2020 — avg 64 · peak 318Sep 2020 — avg 30 · peak 65Nov 2020 — avg 48 · peak 118Jan 2021 — avg 106 · peak 557Mar 2021 — avg 47 · peak 108May 2021 — avg 62 · peak 246Jul 2021 — avg 43 · peak 94Sep 2021 — avg 82 · peak 238Nov 2021 — avg 51 · peak 122Jan 2022 — avg 60 · peak 122Mar 2022 — avg 52 · peak 120May 2022 — avg 65 · peak 139Jul 2022 — avg 60 · peak 129Sep 2022 — avg 81 · peak 190Nov 2022 — avg 45 · peak 115Jan 2023 — avg 68 · peak 153Mar 2023 — avg 42 · peak 99May 2023 — avg 78 · peak 159Jul 2023 — avg 66 · peak 154Sep 2023 — avg 57 · peak 142Nov 2023 — avg 41 · peak 93Jan 2024 — avg 64 · peak 158Mar 2024 — avg 54 · peak 118May 2024 — avg 46 · peak 103Jul 2024 — avg 44 · peak 89Sep 2024 — avg 37 · peak 94Nov 2024 — avg 38 · peak 91Jan 2025 — avg 50 · peak 115Mar 2025 — avg 115 · peak 675May 2025 — avg 56 · peak 127Jul 2025 — avg 51 · peak 115Sep 2025 — avg 42 · peak 101Nov 2025 — avg 36 · peak 85Jan 2026 — avg 50 · peak 142Mar 2026 — avg 47 · peak 130May 2026 — avg 158 · peak 1,365Jul 2026 — avg 98 · peak 205Aug 2026 — avg 162 · peak 387
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$5.392020-03-232026-10-102020-03-23 — best price $8.992020-06-25 — best price $7.992020-07-19 — best price $7.992020-10-21 — best price $11.992021-01-18 — best price $11.992021-05-31 — best price $11.992021-08-23 — best price $11.992021-12-22 — best price $9.372022-06-23 — best price $9.372022-12-22 — best price $9.372023-04-18 — best price $17.992023-07-13 — best price $17.992024-01-04 — best price $17.992024-02-11 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-01-27 — best price $17.992025-03-30 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $17.992026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-05-23 — best price $17.992026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-09-05 — best price $17.992026-09-19 — best price $17.992026-10-03 — best price $17.992026-10-10 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
57.4%
earned "Hello Standard"
12.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-12-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5684%43
Xbox One (Xbox)751%43
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

PvPWarRomeFunnyIndieActionSandboxColorfulMedievalStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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