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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Watchmen: The End is Nigh is an Action game released in 2009, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 1201 reviews).

3
playing now
71%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
48/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (90 downloads)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 186 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 48k–96k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,201 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 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 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

130672026-05-29 — 77 pageviews2026-06-02 — 111 pageviews2026-06-06 — 79 pageviews2026-06-10 — 88 pageviews2026-06-14 — 130 pageviews2026-06-18 — 94 pageviews2026-06-22 — 104 pageviews2026-06-26 — 107 pageviews2026-06-30 — 88 pageviews2026-07-04 — 90 pageviews2026-07-08 — 94 pageviews2026-07-12 — 94 pageviews2026-07-16 — 74 pageviews2026-07-20 — 111 pageviews2026-07-24 — 106 pageviews2026-07-28 — 102 pageviews2026-08-01 — 71 pageviews2026-08-05 — 90 pageviews2026-08-09 — 73 pageviews2026-08-13 — 93 pageviews2026-08-17 — 111 pageviews2026-08-21 — 90 pageviews2026-08-25 — 114 pageviews2026-08-29 — 95 pageviews2026-09-02 — 122 pageviews2026-09-06 — 91 pageviews2026-09-10 — 95 pageviews2026-09-14 — 101 pageviews2026-09-18 — 80 pageviews2026-09-22 — 67 pageviews2026-09-26 — 88 pageviews2026-09-30 — 99 pageviews2026-10-04 — 75 pageviews2026-10-07 — 86 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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