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Worms W.M.D

Team17 · 2016-08-23

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Franchise: Worms · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 23, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 23, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 23, 2016 (Mac), Aug 23, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 23, 2016 (Linux), Aug 23, 2016 (Xbox One)

The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.

Worms W.M.D is an Action, Strategy game released in 2016, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 14951 reviews).

184
playing now
85%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,698
twitch viewers (latest)
5698.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (4,451 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

184 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Worms W.M.D is a 2D artillery turn-based tactics video game developed and published by Team17. It is the nineteenth installment in the Worms series, and was released on 23 August 2016 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One. It was later released on 23 November 2017 for Switch, on 1 July 2022 for Stadia and on 11 April 2023 for iOS and Android.

Trailer

Worms W.M.D trailer thumbnail

Worms W.M.D Launch Trailer

≈380,346 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 184 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,297 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~162/week).
  • · Review velocity up 110% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 375k–901k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,015 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.98-83%
IndieGala$4.99-83%
Gamesplanet$5.36-82%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 153 of 203 observed days · $3.87 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32032020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

566862026-09-15 12:00 — 91 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 258 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 151 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 150 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 517 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 250 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 110 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 310 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 228 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 177 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 265 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 227 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 120 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 206 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 419 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 164 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 191 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 352 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 149 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 215 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 517 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 171 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 96 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 184 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k1Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 13Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 17Nov 2016 — avg 87 · peak 289Mar 2017 — avg 53 · peak 150Jul 2017 — avg 82 · peak 291Nov 2017 — avg 134 · peak 380Mar 2018 — avg 76 · peak 188Jul 2018 — avg 89 · peak 251Nov 2018 — avg 117 · peak 595Mar 2019 — avg 153 · peak 445Jul 2019 — avg 456 · peak 4,613Nov 2019 — avg 127 · peak 540Mar 2020 — avg 218 · peak 991Jul 2020 — avg 341 · peak 998Nov 2020 — avg 296 · peak 1,099Mar 2021 — avg 298 · peak 1,175Jul 2021 — avg 286 · peak 941Nov 2021 — avg 341 · peak 1,214Mar 2022 — avg 458 · peak 1,698Jul 2022 — avg 235 · peak 632Nov 2022 — avg 193 · peak 593Mar 2023 — avg 206 · peak 607Jul 2023 — avg 242 · peak 716Nov 2023 — avg 186 · peak 531Mar 2024 — avg 282 · peak 914Jul 2024 — avg 399 · peak 1,125Nov 2024 — avg 261 · peak 837Mar 2025 — avg 230 · peak 708Jul 2025 — avg 236 · peak 662Nov 2025 — avg 292 · peak 997Mar 2026 — avg 1,038 · peak 5,074Jul 2026 — avg 239 · peak 665Aug 2026 — avg 227 · peak 564
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
13132026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 13 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$2.662016-07-122026-10-152016-07-12 — best price $29.992017-01-24 — best price $19.992017-07-27 — best price $24.962017-12-11 — best price $25.432018-04-17 — best price $29.992018-08-14 — best price $10.192018-12-11 — best price $29.992019-03-27 — best price $29.992019-07-22 — best price $10.192019-10-27 — best price $29.992020-01-05 — best price $21.802020-03-19 — best price $5.992020-06-12 — best price $29.992020-09-08 — best price $29.992020-11-16 — best price $29.992021-01-30 — best price $23.992021-04-26 — best price $26.442021-07-19 — best price $5.992021-10-28 — best price $4.002022-01-24 — best price $5.092022-04-15 — best price $5.102022-07-29 — best price $26.962022-10-27 — best price $5.992023-02-02 — best price $25.192023-06-11 — best price $5.992023-10-17 — best price $29.992024-01-29 — best price $5.102024-05-03 — best price $5.992024-08-19 — best price $3.792024-11-16 — best price $25.192025-01-23 — best price $3.872025-04-25 — best price $29.992025-07-19 — best price $6.002025-10-07 — best price $4.492026-01-15 — best price $6.002026-04-10 — best price $3.632026-07-02 — best price $5.992026-09-02 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $5.36
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

270722026-05-27 — 88 pageviews2026-05-31 — 117 pageviews2026-06-04 — 72 pageviews2026-06-08 — 102 pageviews2026-06-12 — 115 pageviews2026-06-16 — 91 pageviews2026-06-20 — 88 pageviews2026-06-24 — 101 pageviews2026-06-28 — 116 pageviews2026-07-02 — 104 pageviews2026-07-06 — 122 pageviews2026-07-10 — 102 pageviews2026-07-14 — 93 pageviews2026-07-18 — 85 pageviews2026-07-22 — 109 pageviews2026-07-26 — 125 pageviews2026-07-30 — 107 pageviews2026-08-03 — 86 pageviews2026-08-07 — 124 pageviews2026-08-11 — 217 pageviews2026-08-15 — 123 pageviews2026-08-19 — 133 pageviews2026-08-23 — 114 pageviews2026-08-27 — 192 pageviews2026-08-31 — 128 pageviews2026-09-04 — 140 pageviews2026-09-08 — 115 pageviews2026-09-12 — 120 pageviews2026-09-16 — 122 pageviews2026-09-20 — 152 pageviews2026-09-24 — 103 pageviews2026-09-28 — 108 pageviews2026-10-02 — 122 pageviews2026-10-06 — 111 pageviews2026-10-10 — 114 pageviews2026-10-12 — 110 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.2k02026-10-01 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 2,179 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
43.4%
earned "Gym Membership"
1.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27,8411%29
Xbox One (Xbox)24,9300%29
PS4 (PlayStation)19,2622%30
Windows (Xbox)9130%29
Switch (Nintendo)4330%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

2DCo-opFunnyMemesActionComedyClassicShooterStrategyTurn-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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