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Atom Zombie Smasher

Blendo Games · 2011-03-14

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 14, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2011 (Mac), Mar 14, 2011 (Linux)

The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Atom Zombie Smasher is an Indie Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive (90% of 2102 reviews) sentiment.

5
playing now
90%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 25h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Atom Zombie Smasher is a real-time strategy game developed by independent developer Blendo Games. In it, the player attempts to rescue as many citizens as possible from an oncoming zombie horde using helicopter rescue units and an array of military units to protect the citizens and defeat the zombies.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 84k–169k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,109 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2013-10-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
382Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 38 · peak 141Dec 2012 — avg 23 · peak 296May 2013 — avg 12 · peak 32Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 106Mar 2014 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2014 — avg 8 · peak 23Jan 2015 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2015 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2016 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2017 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 26May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-10-29 — best price $6.992015-12-29 — best price $9.992016-10-28 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $5.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $7.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-22 — best price $6.692019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-13 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-04-30 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3922026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 28 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 12 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 6 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 12 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 3 pageviews2026-09-24 — 12 pageviews2026-09-28 — 13 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-10 — 39 pageviews2026-10-13 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
63%
earned "Choplifter"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportStatsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,2621%40

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSCo-opActionSandboxZombiesModdableStrategyTacticalTop-DownLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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