Before
Season 2

// The game

WARDOGS in one paragraph

An all-out-warfare FPS mixing tactical gunplay, combined arms, building and destruction in an up-to-100-player sandbox. Three teams fight over a randomised 2×2 km Control Zone inside a 256 km² map; the team with most players in the zone scores, first to 100 points wins. Everyone starts with $10,000 and buys a loadout each life; cash persists between matches. wardogs.com · press kit

// Researched context

The pre-Season 2 baseline

• Early Access launch 10 Sep 2026, US$39.99, developer Bulkhead, publisher Team17.

  Steam storeAgreed by 4 sources

• All-time peak 428,666 concurrent players (SteamDB, 13 Sep). SteamCharts records 402,686; Bulkhead thanked players for 400,000.

  SteamChartsSources differ

• Reviews on 15 Oct: 79% positive all-time (Mostly Positive), 69% over the last 30 days (Mixed).

  Steam storeSingle read, 15 Oct

• “3+ million sales”, a Golden Joystick nomination and a first pre-season press conference were announced in the Season 02 Preview on 9 Oct.

  Season 02 PreviewDeveloper claim

• Bakurani is set in “the derelict industrial mountains of Eastern Europe”. Season 2 adds no new map; only the faction spawns move.

  Steam storeOfficial

• Factions: Lonestar (blue PMC), Valkyra (red), Manticore (green).

  Steam storeNames official; colours via 3 sources

• Win rates before Season 2 were reported as roughly Blue 10% / Red 40% / Green 50%.

  Screen RantSingle source

• The IR range finder was disabled in an early-October hotfix as “too overpowered”, pending batteries in Season 2.

  Hotfix postOfficial

• Season 1 had no restriction on mid-match team switching and no vote-kick; players switched to sabotage enemy FOBs.

  KotakuPress

• TCX-SPR looks modelled on SIG’s MCX-SPEAR LT (offered in 7.62×39); Evo-3 Ultra on FN’s EVOLYS belt-fed LMG.

  The Firearm BlogInference

• PP-19 Bizon: Russian SMG with a helical magazine under the barrel; the 9×19 variant holds 53 rounds, as in game.

  WikipediaReference

• Wolf-110 mirrors the Land Rover Wolf; T-72B3 is Russia’s 2012 T-72 upgrade; the Gepard is West Germany’s twin-35 mm anti-aircraft tank on a Leopard 1 hull.

  WikipediaReference

// Sources

Sources

1. WARDOGS | Season 02 Patch Notes — Steam News, 15 Oct 2026
2. WARDOGS | Season 02 Preview — Steam, 9 Oct 2026
3. IR Goggles & CIWS Balance Hotfix — Steam, early Oct 2026
4. WARDOGS store page — Steam
5. SteamCharts — WARDOGS
6. Screen Rant — WARDOGS Season 2 has an experimental plan to save blue team
7. Kotaku — players switching teams mid-match
8. wardogs.com and the official WARDOGS press kit (January 2026)