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Deadly Days

Pixelsplit · 2019-09-19

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 19, 2019 (Linux), Aug 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2019 (Mac), Aug 03, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 03, 2021 (Xbox One)

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

10
playing now
86%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (12 downloads)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (463 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 73 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–115k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,913 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.29-89%
Microsoft Store$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.95 at Steam (2025-09-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 88 of 113 observed days · $0.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3942026-09-15 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 39 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
910Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 33 · peak 109Feb 2020 — avg 18 · peak 78May 2020 — avg 14 · peak 32Aug 2020 — avg 21 · peak 91Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 66Feb 2021 — avg 43 · peak 112May 2021 — avg 31 · peak 101Aug 2021 — avg 59 · peak 122Nov 2021 — avg 27 · peak 59Feb 2022 — avg 25 · peak 48May 2022 — avg 38 · peak 118Aug 2022 — avg 24 · peak 66Nov 2022 — avg 17 · peak 48Feb 2023 — avg 34 · peak 93May 2023 — avg 26 · peak 80Aug 2023 — avg 26 · peak 74Nov 2023 — avg 26 · peak 183Feb 2024 — avg 87 · peak 313May 2024 — avg 32 · peak 104Aug 2024 — avg 21 · peak 59Nov 2024 — avg 28 · peak 93Feb 2025 — avg 17 · peak 50May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 118Aug 2025 — avg 22 · peak 60Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 48Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 35May 2026 — avg 13 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.42$0.952017-11-302026-10-152017-11-30 — best price $3.992019-09-25 — best price $10.792019-12-20 — best price $6.742020-02-05 — best price $11.872020-04-13 — best price $8.392020-08-27 — best price $4.502020-12-01 — best price $11.992021-02-10 — best price $5.392021-04-10 — best price $11.992021-07-05 — best price $4.792021-08-25 — best price $4.792021-10-25 — best price $4.792021-12-09 — best price $4.792022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-04-14 — best price $4.792022-06-18 — best price $11.992022-08-20 — best price $11.992022-10-26 — best price $10.792022-12-23 — best price $2.152023-03-01 — best price $11.992023-04-24 — best price $10.792023-06-23 — best price $1.912023-08-31 — best price $11.992023-11-04 — best price $11.992024-01-05 — best price $11.992024-03-25 — best price $0.992024-05-21 — best price $11.992024-09-25 — best price $1.192024-12-12 — best price $1.192025-02-10 — best price $11.992025-05-21 — best price $1.192025-08-26 — best price $1.192025-12-11 — best price $1.192026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-06-20 — best price $1.202026-09-04 — best price $1.292026-09-24 — best price $1.292026-10-14 — best price $1.292026-10-15 — best price $1.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Recruit"
20.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,4421%53
PS4 (PlayStation)3195%54
Xbox One (Xbox)2472%53
Switch (Nintendo)490%0

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualComedyZombiesStrategySurvivalDifficultRogue-litePerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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