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First Day cover art

First Day

BadWolf Games · 2019-08-23

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategyFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 23, 2019 (Mac), Jul 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 23, 2019 (Linux)

It's the first day of the rest of your life

First Day is a free-to-play Casual, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2019, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 136 reviews).

54
playing now
47%
positive of 137 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

54 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 54 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.57 at Steam (2021-04-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620192026Week of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

27402026-09-15 04:00 — 199 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 173 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 144 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 257 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 262 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 271 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 69 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 228 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 64 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 54 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 150 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 159 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 180 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 178 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 137 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 114 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 47 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 172 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 92 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 142 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 169 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 219 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1780Aug 2019Aug 2026Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 27Nov 2021 — avg 28 · peak 885Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 200Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 402Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 10May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 18Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 43Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 124 · peak 198Mar 2026 — avg 117 · peak 219Apr 2026 — avg 129 · peak 245May 2026 — avg 164 · peak 275Jun 2026 — avg 178 · peak 278Jul 2026 — avg 168 · peak 274Aug 2026 — avg 141 · peak 274
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-08-242021-09-292019-08-24 — best price $14.092019-10-14 — best price $5.092019-10-28 — best price $5.092019-11-26 — best price $5.092019-12-19 — best price $5.092020-01-23 — best price $5.092020-02-03 — best price $5.092020-03-23 — best price $5.092020-05-11 — best price $5.092020-06-25 — best price $5.092020-07-13 — best price $5.092020-08-31 — best price $5.092020-10-26 — best price $5.092020-11-25 — best price $5.092020-12-22 — best price $5.092021-02-12 — best price $0.992021-02-22 — best price $0.992021-04-26 — best price $0.572021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-07-19 — best price $19.992021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-09-29 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
65.4%
earned "Start Revolution!"
10.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-10-28, latest 2022-02-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieLogicSatireZombiesStrategySurvivalDark HumorFree to PlayReplay Value

Census log

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

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