WayForward - Steam Game Publisher
| Games published | 18 Top 1% |
| First Game | Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (Dec 20, 2016) |
| Latest Game | RWBY: Arrowfell (Nov 15, 2022) |
| Copies Sold (Total) | 623.4K Top 3% |
| Copies Sold (Per Game) | 34.6K Top 10% |
| Gross Revenue (Total) | 9.4M Top 2% |
| Gross Revenue (Per Game) | 520.6K Top 5% |
| Average Steam Rating | 85.96% |
| Reviews (Steam Purchases / Total) | 11.6K Top 2% / 15K Top 2% |
| Average Play Time | 8 hours Top 20% |
| Average Play Time per Dollar | 25 minutes |
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WayForward's Game Genres
This doughnut chart shows WayForward's game genres. Bear in mind that Steam allows adding multiple genres to the same game, so the total is often higher than the number of games published.
WayForward is specialized in publishing Action genre games, and has been a Steam publisher for about 10 years (2014 - 2023). Their games average Steam rating is 85.9% (Worst rating : RWBY: Arrowfell with 70%, Best rating : Mighty Switch Force! Collection with 98%).
They published 18 games, none of which is free. The average price of their games is 20.21$ (Cheapest : Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down! at 2.99$, Most expensive : River City Girls 2 at 39.99$).
WayForward's Review Languages
This chart shows WayForward's review languages. It is based on 15K reviews Top 2% received by their 18 games Top 1%.
The most popular language is English (57%), followed by Simplified Chinese (8%). There is a healthy diversity in this publisher review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The strong concentration in the English language signals that WayForward should add more translations to their games. Marketing their games to non-English audiences is also very important.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
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  | Shantae: Half-Genie Hero | Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms! | 19.99 | 90.6% | Dec 20, 2016 |
  | Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut | Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features! | 9.99 | 87.5% | Jul 15, 2014 |
  | Shantae and the Pirate's Curse | Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse. | 19.99 | 94.8% | Apr 23, 2015 |
  | Mighty Switch Force! Academy | As Academy Cadet Patricia Wagon, grab your pellet gun and take on brain-twisting puzzles so massive they span the entire screen! 20 all new puzzles and some twisted classics stages, all with a hectic cooperative couch-play option for up to 4 players to keep you and your fellow trainees in stitches! | 9.99 | 81.1% | Nov 23, 2015 |
  | Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition | Enter the mechanical shape-shifting, dimension switching world of the award winning, high octane action-puzzle-platformer Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, and blow crime away. | 9.99 | 92% | Jun 25, 2015 |
  | Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down! | Team up with Officer Patricia Wagon to save Tangent City from a fiery blaze! As a member of Planet Land’s Fire Brigade, your job is to douse the fire in each building — and to evacuate any Hooligan Sisters who may be trapped inside. | 2.99 | 85.3% | Jun 4, 2015 |
  | LIT | Venture into the dark hallways of a haunted high school and help guide emo teenager Jake as he searches for his lost girlfriend Rachael. Solve light-themed puzzles using a variety of gameplay mechanics including slingshots, light bulbs, windows, matches, lamps, and TV sets. | 5.99 | 85.7% | Feb 21, 2017 |
  | The Mummy Demastered | A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet. | 19.99 | 79.4% | Oct 24, 2017 |
  | Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition | The ultimate edition of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero comes with all of the previously released DLC, Modes, and Costumes in one epic collection! Includes an exclusive Blue Bathing Suit for use in Beach Mode! | 29.99 | 92.3% | May 8, 2018 |
  | Mighty Switch Force! Collection | Switch up the fun with four games in one! As cybernetic peacekeeper Officer Patricia Wagon, you'll use your platforming skills, puzzle-solving abilities, and level-altering Siren Helmet to catch criminals, extinguish infernos, and smash enemies. Four-player co-op and versus modes included! | 19.99 | 98.5% | Jul 25, 2019 |
  | River City Girls | There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation! | 29.99 | 84.9% | Sep 5, 2019 |
  | LUNARK | A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations! | 19.99 | 86.8% | Mar 30, 2023 |
  | Spidersaurs | The nightmarish dinosaur-spider hybrids known as Spidersaurs have run amok! Armed with an arsenal of awesome weapons, it's up to you (and a friend in co-op mode) to shoot your way through six levels of ferocious run-’n’-gun mayhem and send these mutant monstrosities back to the stone age. | 19.99 | 77.4% | Jul 14, 2022 |
  | Shantae and the Seven Sirens | Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet! | 29.99 | 90.1% | May 28, 2020 |
  | Dawn of the Monsters | The cataclysmic battle between giant monsters has begun in this manga-inspired, side-scrolling, kaiju beat-'em-up! | 29.99 | 92.5% | Mar 15, 2022 |
  | River City Girls Zero | Join Kunio, Riki, Misako, and Kyoko for bone-crunching, 16-bit, co-op beat-'em-up action - newly translated and released outside of Japan after 28 years! The original 1994 graphics, soundtrack, and gameplay are augmented with new motion-comic cutscenes, a new animated intro, and new music! | 14.99 | 73.5% | Sep 21, 2022 |
  | River City Girls 2 | The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more! | 39.99 | 84.4% | Dec 14, 2022 |
  | RWBY: Arrowfell | Dive into an explosive new RWBY adventure! Instantly switch between Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, and use their weapons and Semblances to battle a mysterious new threat in this in-canon story set during RWBY Volume 7! Featuring a new song by Jeff Williams with vocals by Casey Lee Williams! | 29.99 | 70.7% | Nov 15, 2022 |