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Wartales

Shiro Games · 2023-04-12

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 14, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 31, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Wartales is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $34.99, with an estimated owner base of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 35419 reviews).

2,218
playing now
86%
positive of 35k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
80h
to beat · rushed 44h · completionist 146h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

2,218 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Wartales is a tactical role-playing game developed by Shiro Games and published for Windows, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X/S by Shiro Unlimited in 2023. Players manage a mercenary band as it attempts to survive in a low fantasy world that is trying to recover from a plague.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,218 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,604 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~326/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 708k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 35,419 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.79-72%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 30 of 43 observed days · $0.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20212026Week of 2021-12-01: 2,189 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,884 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 383 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,859 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.2k7852026-08-06 21:00 — 1,413 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 825 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,572 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,484 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,114 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,071 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,736 players2026-08-09 09:00 — 1,699 players2026-08-09 17:00 — 2,136 players2026-08-10 01:00 — 1,065 players2026-08-10 09:00 — 1,143 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 1,739 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 964 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 1,067 players2026-08-12 05:00 — 811 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 1,464 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 1,625 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 1,204 players2026-08-17 12:00 — 1,429 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 1,820 players2026-08-20 03:00 — 865 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 1,300 players2026-08-22 18:00 — 2,065 players2026-08-24 02:00 — 1,015 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 1,125 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 1,665 players2026-08-28 01:00 — 832 players2026-08-29 09:00 — 1,418 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 2,218 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$7.802021-12-012026-08-302021-12-01 — best price $31.492022-02-01 — best price $27.152022-02-19 — best price $31.482022-03-10 — best price $29.452022-04-21 — best price $34.142022-05-06 — best price $33.242022-05-30 — best price $34.992022-07-22 — best price $27.992022-08-14 — best price $24.992022-10-17 — best price $34.992023-01-10 — best price $31.672023-04-24 — best price $34.992023-05-09 — best price $27.992023-06-29 — best price $22.392023-07-31 — best price $31.492023-10-17 — best price $22.392023-11-22 — best price $22.392023-12-13 — best price $26.242024-02-11 — best price $26.992024-03-16 — best price $34.992024-04-18 — best price $26.242024-05-29 — best price $34.992024-07-11 — best price $34.992024-08-26 — best price $17.992024-10-29 — best price $34.992024-12-20 — best price $17.492025-03-01 — best price $34.992025-04-17 — best price $19.242025-06-04 — best price $34.992025-07-18 — best price $34.992025-08-24 — best price $34.992025-09-25 — best price $13.992025-11-06 — best price $12.942026-01-29 — best price $13.992026-05-28 — best price $13.992026-08-26 — best price $9.792026-08-30 — best price $9.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

102252026-05-28 — 47 pageviews2026-05-31 — 81 pageviews2026-06-03 — 46 pageviews2026-06-06 — 58 pageviews2026-06-09 — 32 pageviews2026-06-12 — 39 pageviews2026-06-15 — 48 pageviews2026-06-18 — 31 pageviews2026-06-21 — 44 pageviews2026-06-24 — 49 pageviews2026-06-27 — 51 pageviews2026-06-30 — 44 pageviews2026-07-03 — 43 pageviews2026-07-06 — 59 pageviews2026-07-09 — 48 pageviews2026-07-12 — 75 pageviews2026-07-15 — 40 pageviews2026-07-18 — 50 pageviews2026-07-21 — 36 pageviews2026-07-24 — 35 pageviews2026-07-27 — 64 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-02 — 40 pageviews2026-08-05 — 41 pageviews2026-08-08 — 43 pageviews2026-08-11 — 47 pageviews2026-08-14 — 38 pageviews2026-08-17 — 35 pageviews2026-08-20 — 43 pageviews2026-08-23 — 55 pageviews2026-08-25 — 37 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3602026-08-26 19:15 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 20 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.6%
earned "A job’s a job"
28.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing9 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,4680%235
Xbox Series (Xbox)4,4000%121
Switch (Nintendo)130%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

RPGCo-opSandboxMedievalStrategySurvivalAdventureOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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