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Desperation

EXBOTS · 2021-05-14

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Desperation, you are an elite soldier, tasked to survive in an unknown location. You will be facing many challenges, such as building shelter, finding food and water, fighting off zombies, killer robots and even other soldiers. Will you stay solo, or will you group up? How will you survive?

Desperation is a $4.99 Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and Early Access game released in 2021, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment based on 70% of 10 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
70%
positive of 10 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 98% of 27,659 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2022-04-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220212021Week of 2021-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-28: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992021-05-142022-04-052021-05-14 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $11.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-04-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DFPSRPGActionCraftingSurvivalRealisticAction RPGEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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