Wardogs, the new tactical shooter from Derby-based UK studio Bulkhead, has sold more than 1 million copies and passed 350,000 concurrent players within hours of launching into Steam early access.
Official Wardogs screenshot. Image: Bulkhead.
- 350,000 concurrent players
within just a few hours of Steam early access launch.
“To cross a million copies sold as we launch into early access is mental,” said Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer. “We’ve spent the last few months showing people exactly what Wardogs is, what it isn’t, and at one point literally gave everyone ten reasons not to buy it. We didn’t want people buying into blind hype.”
A shooter with base-building, vehicles, and destructible terrain
Wardogs puts up to 100 players into three-way fights for control points, mixing tactical shooting with vehicle combat, base construction, and destructible terrain. The game is currently PC-only through Steam, priced at £36.99, with Bulkhead confirming PS5 and Xbox versions are coming in 2028, though without a firm release date yet.
“But this is still early access,” Brammer continued. “We’ve got things to fix, things we want to improve, and a lot more we want to build. The best thing players can do now is keep playing, keep telling us what they think, and keep giving us those ridiculous Wardogs moments.”
Bulkhead has said it expects interest to settle down over time, given the studio is planning a slower drip of content updates rather than trying to sustain launch-day numbers indefinitely.
