Firewatch

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Firewatch

Short description

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Developer
Campo Santo
Publisher
Campo Santo, Panic
Release
Tue, Feb 09, 2016
Price
$19.99
Reviews
94,195
Positive
90%
Followers
201,960
Owners (estimated)
2M – 5M
Concurrent players
81
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Features
Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV
Tags
Adventure Atmospheric Story Rich Walking Simulator Mystery First-Person Singleplayer Exploration Open World Indie Great Soundtrack Short Horror Comedy Drama Funny Colorful Thriller Mature Casual
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$84.7msomewhere between $40m and $100m · roughly 2M–5M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $19.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

82 data points since Jul 30, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$83.8m → ~$84.7m
See data from Feb 2016 with a Plus account
Reviews 93,136 → 94,195
Followers 201,474 → 201,960
Concurrent players 81 → 81
Price $19.99 → $19.99
Positive reviews 90.5% → 90.5%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 216 further data points reach back to Feb 1, 2016 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $1.99 on Jan 8, 2024.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Firewatch is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Adventure + Atmospheric + Story Rich

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Similar games that found an audience

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$19m – $20m
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$50k – $201k
The Magnificent Trufflepigs The Magnificent Trufflepigs Thunkd first game 5 − Walking Simulator + Singleplayer $11.99 129 53% Wed, Jun 02, 2021 $70k
$31k – $124k
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$8k – $32k

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