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World War Z cover art

World War Z

Saber Interactive Inc · 2021-09-21

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Action

Franchise: World War Z · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 01, 2022 (Google Stadia), Sep 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 24, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 21, 2021 (Xbox One)

World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

2,965
playing now
83%
positive of 32k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
18
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

2,965 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Across New York, Moscow, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Marseille, and now Rome, Vatican City and the Russian far east, the undead apocalypse continues to spread. In-game Zombie Hordes behave like real crowds, getting stuck in narrow corridors and climbing on top of each other to reach players on higher levels. Hordes become increasingly more difficult to defeat and behave like single entity bosses as players progress through the game.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,965 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,228 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~404/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 640k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 31,991 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GreenManGaming$6.75-77%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.74 at WinGameStore (2026-07-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 84 of 132 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 362 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.6k7052026-08-06 21:00 — 705 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,058 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,165 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 803 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,344 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,524 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 966 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,653 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,648 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 855 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,190 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 2,443 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,022 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,600 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3,779 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,684 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,118 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 4,525 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2,717 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,974 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 3,221 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2,322 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,222 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 3,829 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2,809 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,568 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 2,161 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,984 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,576 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 2,965 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$0.002019-02-122026-08-262019-02-12 — best price $39.992019-11-21 — best price $17.492020-03-23 — best price $34.992020-09-24 — best price $44.992021-05-20 — best price $15.292022-01-27 — best price $25.992022-11-22 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $29.992023-06-02 — best price $24.562023-10-26 — best price $17.992024-01-02 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-04-26 — best price $24.782024-05-25 — best price $13.352024-07-18 — best price $14.992024-08-24 — best price $13.992024-09-14 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $9.892024-12-09 — best price $29.992025-01-25 — best price $8.992025-03-26 — best price $9.892025-05-24 — best price $29.992025-07-13 — best price $29.992025-08-25 — best price $9.892025-09-30 — best price $9.892025-11-06 — best price $9.902025-12-11 — best price $9.112026-01-19 — best price $9.892026-02-26 — best price $9.892026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-05-23 — best price $8.992026-07-07 — best price $9.112026-07-25 — best price $8.992026-08-23 — best price $6.752026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

13102026-08-26 19:15 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 97 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 99 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 105 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 18 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "Teamwork"
12.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud22 DLC

11 supported languages: Russian, English, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)70,7034%36
Xbox One (Xbox)67,4381%35
Steam (Steam)14,5042%35
Windows (Xbox)6,4372%35
PS4 (PlayStation)81311%36
Switch (Nintendo)1090%0
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

FPSPvEGoreCo-opActionShooterZombiesMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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