WARDOGS Early Access Megathread — September 10 | Launch times, editions, and Hype!

EARLY ACCESS MEGATHREAD

WARDOGS enters Steam Early Access on Thursday, September 10, 2026 . This is the Megathread for launch day — times, hype and download questions.

RELEASE DATE & TIME

Date — confirmed. September 10, 2026, listed on the Steam store page by BULKHEAD and Team17.

Exact unlock hour — NOT officially confirmed. Neither BULKHEAD nor Team17 has announced a launch hour. SteamDB currently tracks the release at 16:00 UTC , and most websites are running with that number, but it is not officially announced. Treat the times below as a best estimate.

Thursday, September 10:

• UTC — 16:00 • Pacific (PDT) — 09:00 • Mountain (MDT) — 10:00 • Central (CDT) — 11:00 • Eastern (EDT) — 12:00 • UK (BST) — 17:00 • Central Europe (CEST) — 18:00 • Moscow (MSK) — 19:00 Friday, September 11:

• Japan (JST) — 01:00 • Sydney (AEST) — 02:00 • New Zealand (NZST) — 04:00 If the hour gets officially confirmed or changes, this post will be updated and the change noted here.

PRELOAD & DOWNLOAD

Preload — not announced. As of September 8 there is no confirmed preload window.

Size: Steam lists 50 GB of required space.

EDITIONS & PRICE

Standard — $39.99

• The game. All maps, weapons and progression. Supporter — $49.99

• Same game, plus cosmetics: weapon camos, Little Bird paint job, scoreboard tag, bobbleheads. Both editions are the same game. The Supporter Edition is cosmetics only — it does not get you in earlier or give any gameplay advantage. Regional pricing varies.

BULKHEAD has said the Early Access price is set to rise as development progresses, so the launch price is the floor rather than the ceiling.

MONETIZATION

BULKHEAD has stated that during Early Access there will be:

• No monetization beyond the optional Supporter Edition • No purchasable in game currency • No directly purchasable camos — they're earned through play BEFORE YOU BUY

This is Early Access , not a finished game. Expect bugs, balance changes, and things that break.

Linux/Proton: the developers have indicated Proton support is not expected at launch and may come later.

LINKS

• Steam page: WARDOGS on Steam • Community & Clan Megathread: here Mods will keep this post updated as launch details are confirmed. Last updated: September 9, 2026.