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Worms

Team17 Digital Ltd · 2011-10-19

SteamPlayStation Store

Strategy

Franchise: Worms · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 31, 1995 (DOS), 1996 (Mac), Nov 17, 1995 (Amiga), Q4 1995 (Amiga CD32), May 15, 1998 (Atari Jaguar), Oct 19, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Throw a grenade down memory lane with the original and classic turn-based strategy game Worms™! Up to 4 teams of worms do battle over an ever-changing battlefield with falling weapon crates, crazed exploding sheep and more besides. Winner of many industry awards, find out what all the fuss was about.

1
playing now
83%
positive of 705 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (211 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Worms is a 2D artillery tactical video game developed by Team17 and released in 1995. It is the first game in the Worms series of video games. It is a turn-based game where a player controls a team of worms against other teams of worms that are controlled by a computer or human opponent. The aim is to use various weapons to kill the worms on the other teams and have the last surviving worm(s). Level designs are randomly generated based on seeds, with over 55,000 possible level creations.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 5,933 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 705 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.49-8%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Humble Store (2018-04-09) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 132 of 186 observed days · $4.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-11 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.37$0.922015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-07-24 — best price $4.262016-01-21 — best price $7.992016-10-10 — best price $7.992017-08-07 — best price $7.992018-01-30 — best price $1.992018-07-18 — best price $2.002018-12-03 — best price $1.992019-04-08 — best price $5.862019-08-30 — best price $7.992019-12-09 — best price $1.592020-03-14 — best price $1.052020-06-18 — best price $7.992020-09-26 — best price $6.772020-12-23 — best price $7.992021-03-29 — best price $7.992021-06-20 — best price $1.452021-10-15 — best price $1.372022-01-28 — best price $1.432022-05-06 — best price $1.592022-09-10 — best price $6.922022-12-12 — best price $1.022023-05-21 — best price $1.062023-10-26 — best price $1.992024-02-24 — best price $6.922024-07-12 — best price $1.672024-10-17 — best price $7.992025-02-15 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-09-17 — best price $7.752025-12-11 — best price $1.392026-04-03 — best price $1.432026-06-27 — best price $7.992026-08-28 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)38,28917%12
PS3 (PlayStation)20,59820%14

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

Player tags

2DFunnyRetro1990'sActionArcadeClassicStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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