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Dying Breed

Sarnayer · MicroProse Software · 2025-10-07

Steam

ActionStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 07, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.

Dying Breed is an Action, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2025, priced at $17.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment based on 72% of 230 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

72%
positive of 234 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (118 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 234 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.49 at Steam (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820252026Week of 2025-10-07: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$14.392025-10-072026-07-232025-10-07 — best price $14.392025-10-21 — best price $17.992025-12-18 — best price $14.392026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-01-27 — best price $14.392026-02-03 — best price $17.992026-03-09 — best price $14.392026-03-16 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $14.392026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-04-30 — best price $14.392026-05-07 — best price $17.992026-06-08 — best price $14.392026-06-15 — best price $17.992026-06-25 — best price $14.392026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-07-19 — best price $14.392026-07-23 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-10-07 (Steam store data)

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