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Arid

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

Steam

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (431 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
36736720212026Week of 2021-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1493May 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 67 · peak 101Jul 2021 — avg 149 · peak 366Sep 2021 — avg 60 · peak 111Nov 2021 — avg 22 · peak 81Jan 2022 — avg 11 · peak 37Mar 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20May 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Sep 2022 — avg 20 · peak 55Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 42Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 18Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-07-15 (Steam store data)

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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