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Watchmen: The End is Nigh cover art

Watchmen: The End is Nigh

Deadline Games · Warner Bros. Games · 2009-03-04

SteamXbox

Action

Franchise: Watchmen, DC Comics · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 04, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 04, 2009 (Xbox 360), Mar 04, 2009 (PlayStation 3)

The lines between good and bad have been blurred and crime and terror run rampant in the streets. The alleys, rooftops and sewers are crawling with criminals and brutal gangs. And now, Underboss — in a daring escape — has broken out of prison and is ruling with vicious darkness.

0
playing now
71%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
48/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh is an episodic video game that serves as a prequel to the film adaptation of the DC Comics limited series Watchmen. The game was originally announced for release in downloadable installments on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade, with the first one released in March 2009 to coincide with the film's theatrical release. The second episode was released in July and August 2009.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 48k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,192 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2014-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-01-012026-08-032015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-09-17 — best price $1.242015-09-21 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992024-09-12 — best price $1.992024-09-22 — best price $4.992024-10-24 — best price $1.492024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.242025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $1.242025-02-26 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.242025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-02 — best price $1.242025-06-09 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $1.242025-07-17 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.242025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-10-16 — best price $1.242025-10-23 — best price $4.992025-11-24 — best price $1.242025-12-08 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-22 — best price $1.242026-01-29 — best price $4.992026-03-05 — best price $1.242026-03-13 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.242026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-18 — best price $1.242026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-27 — best price $1.242026-08-03 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

131692026-05-29 — 77 pageviews2026-06-01 — 71 pageviews2026-06-04 — 97 pageviews2026-06-07 — 70 pageviews2026-06-10 — 88 pageviews2026-06-13 — 110 pageviews2026-06-16 — 113 pageviews2026-06-19 — 96 pageviews2026-06-22 — 104 pageviews2026-06-25 — 76 pageviews2026-06-28 — 87 pageviews2026-07-01 — 91 pageviews2026-07-04 — 90 pageviews2026-07-07 — 81 pageviews2026-07-10 — 79 pageviews2026-07-13 — 91 pageviews2026-07-16 — 74 pageviews2026-07-19 — 81 pageviews2026-07-22 — 69 pageviews2026-07-25 — 97 pageviews2026-07-28 — 102 pageviews2026-07-31 — 92 pageviews2026-08-03 — 81 pageviews2026-08-06 — 77 pageviews2026-08-09 — 73 pageviews2026-08-12 — 92 pageviews2026-08-15 — 86 pageviews2026-08-18 — 109 pageviews2026-08-21 — 90 pageviews2026-08-24 — 104 pageviews2026-08-26 — 112 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)8,6208%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)5,9335%12

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

Player tags

Co-opActionViolentFightingAdventureSuperheroComic BookBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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