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Splitgate

1047 Games · 2019-05-24

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ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 22, 2019 (Linux), May 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 27, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 27, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.

10
playing now
91%
positive of 110k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (68 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Splitgate is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by 1047 Games. It was released in early access on May 24, 2019, for Linux and Microsoft Windows on Steam, and on Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on July 27, 2021. A PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S version came in 2022. On August 25, 2021, the developers announced that the game would stay in beta indefinitely and at the same time released Season 0. The game revolves around Halo-inspired sci-fi combat in battle arenas where players can create wormhole portals between two points on the map that have been compared to those of the Portal series, and fire weapons or travel through those portals.

Trailer

Splitgate trailer thumbnail

SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded Official Launch Trailer

≈162,038 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 475 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~59/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46,547 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43k43k20192026Week of 2019-05-01: 2,051 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 875 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,093 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8,633 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 808 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 43,190 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,357 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10,815 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,099 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5,175 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 523 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,452 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,320 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,414 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,168 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,730 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,473 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,412 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,728 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,360 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,261 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3292026-08-06 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

334232026-06-01 — 76 pageviews2026-06-04 — 54 pageviews2026-06-07 — 81 pageviews2026-06-10 — 47 pageviews2026-06-13 — 59 pageviews2026-06-16 — 135 pageviews2026-06-19 — 96 pageviews2026-06-22 — 87 pageviews2026-06-25 — 165 pageviews2026-06-28 — 70 pageviews2026-07-01 — 49 pageviews2026-07-04 — 49 pageviews2026-07-07 — 37 pageviews2026-07-10 — 44 pageviews2026-07-13 — 40 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-22 — 46 pageviews2026-07-25 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 36 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 35 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 32 pageviews2026-08-27 — 334 pageviews2026-08-28 — 109 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "So it begins... "
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)117,4950%19
Steam (Steam)73,1360%30
Xbox One (Xbox)43,9921%30

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

FPSPvPIndieActionSci-fiShooterTacticale-sportsFast-PacedTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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