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ActionAdventureIndieMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Apr 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 25, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Feb 25, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

441
playing now
76%
positive of 41k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
15
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

441 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 441 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~139/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,463 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 810k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 40,500 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of December 2024 (#15)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.3k4.3k20202026Week of 2020-04-01: 4,299 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,164 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,278 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 529 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 953 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9352772026-08-06 22:00 — 446 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 292 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 573 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 471 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 370 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 719 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 578 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 429 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 887 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 537 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 330 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 665 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 503 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 319 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 633 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 468 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 279 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 756 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 665 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 286 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 532 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 665 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 383 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 705 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 808 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 307 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 412 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 729 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 441 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$7.992020-04-142026-08-262020-04-14 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $14.992021-03-29 — best price $19.992021-06-28 — best price $15.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-11-21 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $12.992023-04-20 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-08-10 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-01-25 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-04-22 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-09-23 — best price $24.992024-12-05 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $24.992025-03-27 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $24.992025-08-01 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-11-10 — best price $24.992026-02-09 — best price $12.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-11 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-26 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

10502026-08-26 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 15 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
95.8%
earned "First step"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing16 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,7640%29
PS5 (PlayStation)4,2781%30
Xbox Series (Xbox)3,1121%29

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

FPSPvPCo-opActionShooterCraftingSurvivalRealisticOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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