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Arid cover art

Arid

Sad Viscacha Studio · Breda University of Applied Sciences · 2021-06-29

Steam

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.

3
playing now
87%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Players online

502026-08-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
83.8%
earned "Welcome to the Atacama"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7592%39

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DActionNatureSandboxCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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