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GRAIN ROT

Beck & Branch Games · Neem Interactive · 2026-08-07

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 07, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A horror co-op extraction builder set in a scorched wasteland where everything burns. Descend with your friends into shifting ruins, rip out furniture, and scavenge for loot before the Corrupted close in. Make it back alive, then rebuild the Outpost to better your chances for the next run.

89%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
3,728
twitch viewers (latest)
1242.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

The world is a post-apocalyptic ruin, long abandoned by its biological creators. The surface is an endless, sun-baked desert where the heat is intense enough to incinerate the weak. Amidst the dunes lie the skeletal remains of the "Old Age" buildings and bunkers waiting to be reclaimed. Players assume the role of a Living Spark, a sentient, artificial soul created by the Ancients. To interact with the physical world, a Spark must inhabit and animate a vessel. However, players are not bound to a single form, they can eject from their vessel at any time, swapping bodies with one another or scav(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 26% of 11,028 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 39k87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,933 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-08-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Twitch viewers

43k3.2k2026-08-17 18:12 — 4,927 viewers2026-08-17 19:12 — 42,531 viewers2026-08-17 20:12 — 33,642 viewers2026-08-17 21:12 — 27,043 viewers2026-08-18 04:12 — 20,915 viewers2026-08-18 05:12 — 18,805 viewers2026-08-18 06:12 — 18,136 viewers2026-08-22 16:12 — 5,627 viewers2026-08-22 18:12 — 5,149 viewers2026-08-22 19:12 — 4,489 viewers2026-08-23 13:12 — 3,204 viewers2026-08-23 14:12 — 9,403 viewers2026-08-23 15:12 — 8,597 viewers2026-08-24 13:12 — 3,892 viewers2026-08-24 14:12 — 7,371 viewers2026-08-24 15:12 — 6,885 viewers2026-08-24 16:12 — 6,359 viewers2026-08-25 16:12 — 4,297 viewers2026-08-25 17:12 — 4,373 viewers2026-08-25 18:12 — 4,194 viewers2026-08-25 19:12 — 3,998 viewers2026-08-26 16:12 — 4,690 viewers2026-08-27 07:12 — 3,728 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, French, Spanish - Latin America

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

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