
Publisher Team 17 and developer BULKHEAD have confirmed console versions of Wardogs, which is proving to be extremely popular in its early stages.
The game launched into Early Access on Steam yesterday, 10th September 2026, and it has already sold more than 1.25 million copies.
That's not the only impressive number it has to boast about; at the time of writing, it has almost 300,000 people playing, according to SteamDB.
Over 17,000 user reviews label the game with a Mostly Positive rating, too.
It seems like this is making a big splash, then — but what is it?
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Wardogs is an online multiplayer first-person shooter in which 100 players are divided into three teams, each aiming to take control of a specified zone.
Inspired by the King of the Hill game mode found in many shooters, this game basically takes that idea and scales it up.
The game encourages teamwork and skilful play by rewarding your actions with in-game currency, which is used to purchase weapons, gear, and vehicles to gradually improve your loadout.
With various vehicles and destructible environments, it really reminds me of Battlefield but with a narrower focus.
As well as being able to destroy buildings, you can also build structures yourself, which opens up more tactical possibilities.
The only catch is that the Early Access period is set to go on for a while, with the PS5 version not launching until sometime in 2028.
Still, if it can live up to its hugely successful first few days, this should be a multiplayer game to watch out for in future.
Are you interested in Wardogs? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source store.steampowered.com]





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2028?! Hype instantly deflated.
MAG reincarnated but with 156 less players.
@MFTWrecks Why? It is in Early access anyway. They plan to have Early access for 1-2 years too. So it is very likely that PS5 could come at same time when 1.0 will be released or soon after it
How are 100 people divided into 3 teams? Is the one remaining person operating in a special capacity, or is it just a 33/33/34 split?
Yup can't wait for this one, Team 17 made Hell Let Loose as well so they have plenty of experience in the field. HLL Vietnam runs extremely well, has populated console only servers and it's 100 player also so I'm confident this one will live up to the hype and will be free of invasive MTs.
Hopefully they will have sorted out the server queue times by 2028
It's not for me, but I'm glad to see any new shooter offer something different and the realism really helps. Having to say it's not an extraction shooter or a battle royal shows how niche it actually is, there's definitely an audience for that kind of game.
My immediate attention turned to trying to work out how 100 people are split into 3 teams.
Once I put that to the side, it does look good. Sign of the times that stating it is not an battle Royale or extraction shooter is one of the key parts of the trailer.
Doesn't appear to be doing anything massively original but if it's all done well, it doesnt need to. I can see it being a success. Whilst I've moved on from online games and wont be playing myself, still good to see a new classic shooter to take on the established few, hope it does well.
What do you mean this extremely generic looking military shooter I have never heard of is published by Team 17
Just thinking anything "FPS" makes my brain fart like a whoopy cushion to the point of the cerebrospinal fluid oozing out of my ears & leaving the cushion (brain) flat for a few milliseconds.
"2028"
Two years is a pretty typical timeframe for early access so it's not a super big surprise. Also I didn't know Team 17 published it.
my colleague told me he is playing this over the weekend, will ask for his feedback on Monday. Looks interesting to me, seems like most criticism is towards the last minute change of anti cheat sw (which seems is not working in Linux). Anyways for 40€ looks like a HD2 investment, added to my wishlist on Steam and will wait for the feedback.
Also 340k concurrent players is huge (320k at the time of this comment).
I’m hyped! I’m a big fan of MAG. Played it regularly back in the day and have been waiting for at least a spiritual successor. Hope this captures that magic.
@MFTWrecks
My thoughts exactly.
@REALAIS Which means the game could very well already be dead or at least far in decline. There's no guarantee it ever releases on PS5 given how turbulent the live service portion of the market is.
It doesn't make sense to get hyped for anything in that realm unless it has a firm release date.
I don't see how/why people jump into these games anymore. any of them. With the billion-dollar cheat industry allowed to run rampant, anything with pvp competitive multiplayer is DOA in my mind.
Arc Raiders was my last foray into this cesspool of the gaming space.
@PuppetMaster Fewer 😉
Just don't play with PC and the cheating thing is totally avoidable. Arc Raiders cheating was only rampant on PC.
Player numbers mean nothing around launch time, it's all meaningless
I've watched lots of this game and there's nothing that's new or groundbreaking
@Danbottomburp it is multiplayer shooter game military style. What groundbreaking you would expect is possible with semi realistic approach?
This looks good. A mix of Arma and Hell let Loose. The guns could use some more recoil imo.
How do you play as that 0.333333333... player?
@Balaam_ 🤣 I thought that too, perhaps the lowest ranked team will have a spare person, fully loaded up to help them out
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