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Infectious

Ziggy Makes Games · 2020-08-20

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play as a lethal virus infecting various organs in your host's body while trying to outsmart the immune cells that seek to eliminate you and your kind. Generate clones and watch them propagate, infecting cells and taking down bosses.

Infectious is a $3.99 Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 82 reviews).

0
playing now
66%
positive of 82 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 82 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.742020-08-202026-07-202020-08-20 — best price $6.742020-11-02 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $2.692021-02-01 — best price $8.992021-03-15 — best price $2.692021-05-10 — best price $8.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-06 — best price $1.492022-04-18 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-10-10 — best price $2.392022-11-21 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $2.712023-01-11 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $2.392023-05-08 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-07-31 — best price $5.992023-09-11 — best price $1.992023-11-13 — best price $2.992023-12-21 — best price $1.492024-01-15 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-04-29 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-10-21 — best price $2.992024-12-09 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-06-02 — best price $2.992025-07-14 — best price $1.192025-09-29 — best price $1.192025-11-17 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-04-13 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-20 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

ActionArcadeCasualRunnerScienceStealthSurvivalRealisticHand-drawnSimulation

Census log

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

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