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Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存 cover art

Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存

HuaYiTianXin · DigiPotato · 2019-06-12

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 09, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jun 09, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 09, 2022 (Android), Dec 04, 2018 (iOS)

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存 is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2019, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1018 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

8
playing now
81%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.99★
PlayStation Store rating (129 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

In 201x, an anti-cancer research institute announced the discovery of the key to eternal life. In response to this breakthrough, Faith Energy Company concocted a vaccine-driven startup, the “Human X Plan.” However, the vaccine failed, with disastrous results: All infected humans were turned into zombies. The area where you live has been severely affected. To survive, and uncover the conspiracy surrounding the Human X Plan, you begin your journey. During your travels, you will meet the poor, beautiful mother and her daughter in the police station, the doctor at Smith Hospital, the cunning liar(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (65 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,018 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
565620172026Week of 2017-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1311Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 22 · peak 175Mar 2018 — avg 51 · peak 171Jun 2018 — avg 15 · peak 44Sep 2018 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2019 — avg 47 · peak 202Sep 2019 — avg 23 · peak 55Dec 2019 — avg 93 · peak 368Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 39Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 52Sep 2020 — avg 17 · peak 55Dec 2020 — avg 12 · peak 34Mar 2021 — avg 13 · peak 50Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 47Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 37Dec 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 42Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 35Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 33Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 27Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 36Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$3.992017-10-062021-03-082017-10-06 — best price $5.392017-11-22 — best price $5.392017-12-21 — best price $5.392018-01-22 — best price $5.392018-02-15 — best price $5.392018-02-26 — best price $7.992018-04-16 — best price $7.992018-07-05 — best price $7.992018-08-20 — best price $7.992018-11-01 — best price $7.992018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-01-03 — best price $7.992019-02-11 — best price $7.992019-03-11 — best price $7.992019-05-20 — best price $7.992019-06-19 — best price $7.992019-08-26 — best price $7.992019-11-01 — best price $7.992019-11-12 — best price $7.992019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-01-02 — best price $7.992020-01-27 — best price $7.992020-04-13 — best price $7.992020-06-01 — best price $7.992020-07-09 — best price $7.992020-08-10 — best price $7.992020-09-28 — best price $7.992020-11-02 — best price $7.992020-11-16 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-01-18 — best price $7.992021-02-15 — best price $7.992021-03-08 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69%
earned "Weird Scientist"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Turkish, French, German, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-08-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGGoreIndieActionViolentZombiesBuildingStrategySurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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