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Firewatch

Campo Santo · Panic, Campo Santo

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Quick read

Firewatch is a lookout summer: walk, radio, and a story that ends.

What kind of game is it?

Authored walking sim. No combat system worth a bar. You hike, you answer a radio, you pick a line. The tower is a lookout you do not upgrade. The evening is a place and a voice, and then the summer is over.

Who is it for?

For players who crave a hike, a radio, and a line they choose to say.

How it plays

Loop: Exploring a map
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: Campaign
Players: Single-player
Structure: Linear
Tone: Tense · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression80
Estimate
Story58
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Social18
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

released

2016-02-09

Review score

90.6%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

99,164

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€19.50

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Firewatch?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

2.5M – 5.5M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

17,521

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

Peak that month: 181.

Median playtime

5.3 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 4.1–7.2 h. 6% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English57%
Russian15%
Simplified Chinese7%
Spanish (Spain)4%
Portuguese (Brazil)4%
French3%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The tower is a lookout, the radio is the other character, and then the summer is over.

Core mechanics

Narrative choice

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Genre / subgenre

Adventure

Steam genre: narrative.

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Sources

Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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