Two million copies in, WARDOGS sets Season 2 for 15 October

BULKHEAD, the studio behind WARDOGS, has put a date on its second season. The Steam announcement it posted on 22 September is brief: Season 02 begins on 15 October 2026, a teaser video is attached, and more details are promised later [1]. This article reflects the situation as of 22 September 2026, and all dates below are in UTC.

What the first weeks looked like

WARDOGS launched in Steam Early Access on 10 September. It is an FPS in which 100 players split into three teams, it is published by Team17, and the US store lists it at $39.99 [2]. BULKHEAD posted sales updates in quick succession after launch: 1.25 million copies on 11 September, and two million on 15 September, after the first weekend [3][4]. In between, a 12 September post thanked players for helping the game reach 400,000 peak concurrent users [5].

It is still one of the most played games on the platform. In Valve’s daily most-played chart for 21 September, WARDOGS ranked fifth with a peak of 320,372 concurrent players, the same rank it held a week earlier [6].

Each season brings its own progression curve

What a season means in this game is spelled out in the Season 1 changelog posted the day before launch. BULKHEAD said it had rebuilt the XP bands, which had been tuned for weekend beta tests, to fit live play. Reaching level 20 went from 111,500 XP to 250,000, for example. The same post says each season will use a different XP curve with different item orders [7].

What Season 2 will contain has not been announced. The 12 September patch 0.11 post said the team would focus on short-term quality-of-life work for community servers, and added that this does not affect the content being built for Season 2 [5].

Before 15 October

For now the game is PC-only on Steam; the launch trailer post says consoles will follow in 2028 [8]. Whether the new season applies a fresh XP curve to existing players, and whether current unlocks carry over, has not been stated yet. Those answers will have to come from the further details BULKHEAD has promised.

Sources

[1] BULKHEAD. WARDOGS | Season 02 Teaser. Steam announcement, 22 September 2026.

[2] Valve. WARDOGS Steam store page (appid 1867240). US store, checked 22 September 2026.

[3] BULKHEAD. 1.25 MILLION COPIES SOLD!. Steam announcement, 11 September 2026.

[4] BULKHEAD. 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD. Steam announcement, 15 September 2026.

[5] BULKHEAD. SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE & PATCH 0.11. Steam announcement, 12 September 2026.

[6] Valve. ISteamChartsService GetMostPlayedGames API. Data for 21 September 2026, retrieved 22 September.

[7] BULKHEAD. Pre-Load Live & Season 1 Changelog. Steam announcement, 9 September 2026.

[8] BULKHEAD. WARDOGS LAUNCH TRAILER. Steam announcement, 10 September 2026.