WARDOGS — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
WARDOGS is #5 on Steam with a 24h peak of 333,322; 191,761 playing when sampled at 23:40 UTC. Latest official patch in our feed: SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE & PATCH 0.11 (Sep 12, 2026). As of Sep 28, 2026.
Latest official update
3 Million Sales + Golden Joystick Awards
3 million copies sold in just over 2 weeks since launching into Early Access. We can't thank you all enough for the support shown for WARDOGS and our team. We know this hype won't last forever, but it doesn't make it any less rewarding. Golden Joystick AwardsWe have also been…
See update details ↓Data from Steam · Last updated Sep 28, 2026 · Refreshed daily
- Steam rank
- #5
- 24h peak
- 333K
- Steam weekly chart change
- No change
Weekly change is vs last week on Steam's chart. History below compares exact dates in our recorded snapshots.
Latest updates & patch notes
18 English-language official updates in the last 90 days.
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Event Steam · Official
3 Million Sales + Golden Joystick Awards
3 million copies sold in just over 2 weeks since launching into Early Access. We can't thank you all enough for the support shown for WARDOGS and our team. We know this hype won't last forever, but it doesn't make it any less rewarding. Golden Joystick AwardsWe have also been…
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Official Patch / Release posts · 2026-09-28 UTC
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Event Steam · Official
WARDOGS | Season 02 Teaser
WARDOGS Season 02 is coming.📅 15th October 2026Stay tuned for more details.
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News Steam · Official
2 MILLION COPIES SOLD
2 MILLION COPIES SOLD. Thank you all. Beyond humbled. We made a game we wanted to play with friends. Watching you play it with yours has been the best. Huge launch weekend. Thanks to everyone who played. Here's a snapshot of the numbers:
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Patch Steam · Official
SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE & PATCH 0.11
SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE & PATCH 0.11We are delivering a patch to improve our server browser experience. Thank you for helping us hit 400,000 Peak Concurrent Users. We are completely humbled by the response to our game and we have loved watching you all play. We will be taking the…
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Patch Steam · Official
1.25 MILLION COPIES SOLD!
1.25 MILLION COPIES SOLD! Thank you for your patience. Apologies for the delays. We're watching everything, monitoring servers, and enjoying watching you play. Thank you again. We'll see you in-game.
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Patch Steam · Official
Launch Stability Hotfix #1
We have now released a small client update to help address the issues we’ve been seeing since launch. All currently logged-in players will be forced to close WARDOGS and restart the game. You will then be prompted to download the latest client update. Once the update has been…
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Release Steam · Official
WARDOGS LAUNCH TRAILER
WARDOGS. PLAY LIKE YOU USED TO. COMING TO CONSOLES IN 2028. RELEASING ON STEAM EARLY ACCESS TODAY.
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Event Steam · Official
Pre-Load Live & Season 1 Changelog
ExploitsFixed an exploit that let players reach an unintended position on the church roof. Reporting and moderationAdded a new report tracking system. Reports are now weighted so that repeat and bad faith reporters carry less influence. Cheater bans are now announced in server…
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News Steam · Official
The 11th Reason NOT To Buy WARDOGS
The 11th Reason NOT to Buy WARDOGS. The 11th Reason NOT to Buy WARDOGS. There's a rule in game development: you don't talk about anti-cheat. The most important thing you can do: use the in-game report function on official servers and for the ultimate protection, play on…
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News Steam · Official
THE CLOSED BETA IS NOW AN OPEN BETA!
Come break our servers ⛓️💥Until the Beta ends - Sunday at 08:00 UTC.
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News Steam · Official
WARDOGS | Closed Beta 02 Announcement
Officially announcing CLOSED BETA #2 ahead of The FPS Games Show. Pre-Order now to guarantee access - with limited access being handed out in waves. This is a genuine scale test where we want players to jump in and break our systems - right after The FPS Games Show.// Why not an…
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News Steam · Official
WARDOGS | Beta Recap & Next Steps
This weekend's Closed Beta is over. Thank you. The FPS community turnout was insane. Milestones hit. Memories made. Lessons learned. Don't miss our next major announcement on the The FPS Games Show Which takes place on 3 September 2026 @ 19:00 BST / 20:00 CEST exclusively on…
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Last 14 days on Steam
Tracked since Sep 11, 2026 · best observed rank #5 (Sep 14, 2026) · 17 recorded days.
As of . 17 of the last 30 days recorded.
Rank changes compare with our own dated snapshots: the 7-day figure is vs our snapshot 7 days ago. Steam’s weekly chart comparison uses a separate source.
- Rank vs yesterday
- Unchanged
- Rank vs 7 days ago
- Unchanged
- Rank vs 30 days ago
- No comparable sample
- 30-day best peak
- 428,666
- 30-day average peak
- 339,985
| Date (UTC) | Rank | 24h peak |
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| #5 | 333,322 | |
| #5 | 322,797 | |
| #5 | 288,748 | |
| #5 | 271,926 | |
| #5 | 284,112 | |
| #5 | 302,873 | |
| #5 | 318,255 | |
| #5 | 402,803 | |
| #5 | 383,883 | |
| #5 | 342,220 | |
| #5 | 319,587 | |
| #5 | 326,850 | |
| Excluded snapshot | ||
| #5 | 351,246 | |
17 peak samples in the 30-day average. Missing, excluded and unobserved days are not counted; chart absence does not prove zero players.
In the news (12)
Third-party reporting, separate from official developer announcements.
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PCGamesN
Wardogs devs celebrate 3 million sales but warn that "hype won't last forever"
Wardogs developer Bulkhead confirms a major milestone for the breakout FPS, while acknowledging the game's unexpected love. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Wardogs devs celebrate 3 million sales but warn that "hype won't last forever"
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SteamDB
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 15 Sep — 22 September 2026
* WARDOGS ; * EA SPORTS FC™ 27 ; * Diablo® IV ; * Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter ; * Baldur's Gate 3 ; * RuneScape: Dragonwilds ; * Dimraeth ; * How to Fish ; * Steam Deck ; * Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
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PCGamesN
Wardogs drops Steam Family Sharing as CEO claims its $40 price tag is "the best anti-cheat"
Bulkhead has suddenly turned off Wardogs Steam Family Sharing, amid discussions around cheating countermeasures in the multiplayer FPS. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Wardogs drops Steam Family Sharing as CEO claims its $40 price tag is "the best anti-cheat"
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PCGamesN
Wardogs Season 2 is just weeks away, and it already looks "sick"
Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer is teasing Wardogs Season 2, which will include features that were cut from the initial early access launch. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Wardogs Season 2 is just weeks away, and it already looks "sick"
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun
"They often don’t make it in the door": Wardogs studio Bulkhead check for "anti-crunch messaging" on prospective hires' social media, CEO says
Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer has revealed that the studio behind recent FPS hit Wardogs check the social media accounts of prospective hires for public criticism of crunch practices, and deliberately prefer to avoid bringing such folks on board. In the exec's view, devs working…
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SteamDB
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 8 Sep — 15 September 2026
* WARDOGS ; * Halloween: The Game ; * Bodycam ; * The Blood of Dawnwalker ; * How to Fish ; * Diablo® IV ; * Onimusha: Way of the Sword ; * Borderlands 4 ; * Valheim ; * NBA 2K27 ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun
"We track every server you enter": the Wardogs devs are "coming down hard" on XP farms and cash exploits, even as they encourage people to grind
The creators of military shooter Wardogs have announced that they will crack down heavily on players who use exploits and bugs to speedily farm in-game currency and XP, or who spend “more than a few minutes” in servers created for this purpose. Given that Wardogs…
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SteamDB
WARDOGS peaks at 428k players
WARDOGS has peaked at 428,666 concurrent players on 13 September 2026 within the release week. View charts and more statistics on our website.
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PCGamesN
Wardogs dev reflects on the FPS game's messy Steam takeover: "We either fix the queue now or we're f***ed"
Wardogs has now sold 1,500,000 copies and climbing, but the multiplayer FPS almost had a devastating launch as the Steam queue locked up. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Wardogs dev reflects on the FPS game's messy Steam takeover: "We either fix the queue now or we're f***ed"
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PCGamesN
How to build a Wardogs mortar
Racking up kills doesn't have to mean being a crack shot with a rifle; building a Wardogs mortar can cause absolute chaos from afar. Read the full story on PCGamesN: How to build a Wardogs mortar
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PCGamesN
How to capture Wardogs towers
The large towers in Wardogs act as a focal point for your FOBs and can be a great vantage point, but capturing them also has its advantages. Read the full story on PCGamesN: How to capture Wardogs towers
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PCGamesN
How to make Wardogs money fast
You need Wardogs money to get the biggest and best equipment, and we have a handful of helpful tips to build a healthy bank account. Read the full story on PCGamesN: How to make Wardogs money fast
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Game overview
WARDOGS is a TACTICAL ALL OUT WARFARE FPS where one hundred players split across three teams fight over the control zone. Set in the derelict industrial mountains of Eastern Europe on a destructible battlefield where teamwork pays and cash is king.
- Steam rank
- #5 ＝
- Peak (24h)
- 333K
- Genre
- Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
- Developer
- BULKHEAD
- Released
- Sep 10, 2026
- Price
- $39.99
- Recommendations
- 83K
Screenshots
About WARDOGS
WARDOGS is an All-Out Warfare FPS that combines tactical gunplay and combined arms combat with building and destruction mechanics in a large-scale, up to 100-player militaristic sandbox. The game mode - Inspired by ‘King of the Hill’ - has three teams fight for control of randomized 2x2km ‘Control Zones’ within larger maps. The team with the most players within the Control Zone earns points - the first team to reach 100 points wins the match. The variables in zone location and individual player tactics mean no match ever plays out the same. In WARDOGS – Every. Decision. Matters. Every player starts their journey with $10,000. Each life, you…
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core i5 8600, AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1660, Radeon RX 590 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space Additional Notes: 1080p Low @ 60fps (Upscaled)
- Languages
- English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian * languages with full audio support
- DLC
- 2 available on Steam
Frequently asked questions
- Is WARDOGS free to play?
- WARDOGS is listed at $39.99 on Steam.
- What is the latest WARDOGS update?
- The most recent official update in our feed is "3 Million Sales + Golden Joystick Awards" (Sep 26, 2026), categorized as Event. 3 million copies sold in just over 2 weeks since launching into Early Access. We can't thank you all enough for the support shown for WARDOGS and our team. We know this hype won't last forever, but it doesn't make it any less rewarding. Golden Joystick AwardsWe have also been…
- How many people play WARDOGS?
- WARDOGS is #5 on Steam with a 24h peak of 333,322; 191,761 playing when sampled at 23:40 UTC. Latest official patch in our feed: SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE & PATCH 0.11 (Sep 12, 2026). As of Sep 28, 2026.
- When was WARDOGS released?
- WARDOGS was released on Sep 10, 2026 by BULKHEAD.
- What kind of game is WARDOGS?
- WARDOGS is a Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Early Access game, featuring multi-player, pvp, online pvp.
24-hour peak player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Sep 28, 2026). Official announcements and third-party reporting are labelled separately; follow the source links for full notes. WARDOGS and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.