The military FPS WARDOGS attracted over 300,000 concurrent players on Steam for its launch, but a rocky rollout has left the game with "mixed" reviews. Server capacity proved too low to cope with demand, leaving many paying customers unable to get in, while streamers were reportedly fast-tracked past queues so they could market the game, deepening the sense of unfairness among ordinary players.

Reviews have begun to improve as more players get into matches and server capacity increases, but a fresh problem has emerged: the game's sudden switch to Elytra anti-cheat software, which does not support Linux, has locked out players who use Proton to run Windows titles on that operating system. Developers are reportedly working on a fix, but negative reviews from affected Linux users continue to mount even as overall sentiment recovers.