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A.W.O.L.
A.W.O.L. is a first-person, mil-spec shooter developed using the Build engine (Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury).
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“7/10 but allied bots are a mess, they are so stupid that sometimes they seem like human players.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“There's a lot of good ideas here, just that the execution is pretty hit-or-miss. The art style is interesting. I liked the retro aesthetic and I think it matches the gameplay pretty well. I also like the sound design; the music is good and the sound effects are plentiful and…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I kept running into a bug where I couldn't kill a dude in plain sight. There'd be a bunch of dudes and they couldn't shoot me or myself them. Until I crossed the threshold. Then I just got destroyed. That would happen time and time again to the point where I didn't wanna play…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2025-04 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Upcoming update addressing gameplay and player feedback
We are working on an upcoming update to bring some changes and improvements to core gameplay features, and minor changes to several maps based on player feedback. These changes will improve enemy reac
Update notes for SEP-21
We've released a small patch that addresses a handful of small issues recently identified. Comic cutscenes have had dialogue boxes updated to display on screen for much longer. Fix a number of sector
Update notes for SEP-19
Today's patch addresses a number of issues that players have reported, regarding both performance and gameplay. We really appreciate the time players have taken to report bugs and other problems they'
Update notes for SEP-16
Less than 24 hours ago we released A.W.O.L. to the public and seeing the reaction from fans and players has been amazing. We want to thank you all for your support, your feedback, and for playing and
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | FPS · Action · Shooter · Retro · First-Person · Free to Play · Military · Singleplayer · Tactical · Indie · Stealth · Violent (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://www.shotsparkstudios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1 Processor: Any 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: 512 MB video memory. Intel integrated graphics supported. Storage: 300 MB available space