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Decision: Red Daze cover art

Decision: Red Daze

FlyAnvil · Nordcurrent Labs · 2022-05-19

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

74%
positive of 905 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.18★
PlayStation Store rating (50 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 62 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 13,692 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 905 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 37 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10210220222026Week of 2022-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$3.992022-05-192026-09-102022-05-19 — best price $17.992022-09-06 — best price $15.992022-11-14 — best price $13.992022-12-09 — best price $19.992023-01-23 — best price $13.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-06-11 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $9.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-12-22 — best price $5.992024-02-06 — best price $5.992024-03-20 — best price $5.992024-04-29 — best price $19.992024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-07-23 — best price $5.992024-08-14 — best price $5.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-26 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-01-30 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-04-17 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $3.992025-11-13 — best price $3.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-02-13 — best price $3.992026-03-27 — best price $3.992026-04-22 — best price $19.992026-05-31 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
69%
earned "Squad Up"
19.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-08-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4399%24
PS5 (PlayStation)180%25
Xbox Series (Xbox)120%24

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

Player tags

RPGActionZombiesBuildingSurvivalTop-DownIsometricAction RPGOld SchoolOpen World

Census log

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

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