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Infestation: The New Beginning cover art

Infestation: The New Beginning

Fredaikis AB · OP Productions LLC

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 15, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.

Infestation: The New Beginning is an Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer and RPG game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (42% of 25,385 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

10
playing now
42%
positive of 25k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
31/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Infestation: Survivor Stories was an open world zombie video game developed by Hammerpoint Interactive and published by OP Productions. Infestation: Survivor Stories features both first-person and third-person shooting perspectives. The game offers players the option of killing zombies or playing against other users (PvP).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 91 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (295 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19419420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2342026-09-15 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 20 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 23 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.6k0Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 1,957 · peak 6,836May 2013 — avg 1,874 · peak 3,939Oct 2013 — avg 2,204 · peak 4,437Mar 2014 — avg 2,927 · peak 7,201Aug 2014 — avg 1,062 · peak 1,927Jan 2015 — avg 1,729 · peak 3,869Jun 2015 — avg 392 · peak 1,040Nov 2015 — avg 115 · peak 415Apr 2016 — avg 55 · peak 150Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 42Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 113 · peak 367Apr 2021 — avg 40 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 26 · peak 67Feb 2022 — avg 27 · peak 70Jul 2022 — avg 24 · peak 51Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 45May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 45Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 59Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 43Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 35Jan 2025 — avg 57 · peak 135Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 79Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 36Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012021-01-162015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-01-02 — best price $14.992015-06-11 — best price $1.942015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-08-06 — best price $9.992015-08-14 — best price $2.492015-08-17 — best price $9.992015-10-29 — best price $1.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-03-04 — best price $19.992016-05-19 — best price $1.992016-06-02 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-08-27 — best price $9.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64222026-06-02 — 42 pageviews2026-06-06 — 27 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-14 — 35 pageviews2026-06-18 — 32 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-26 — 29 pageviews2026-06-30 — 32 pageviews2026-07-04 — 41 pageviews2026-07-08 — 42 pageviews2026-07-12 — 38 pageviews2026-07-16 — 31 pageviews2026-07-20 — 42 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 44 pageviews2026-08-01 — 29 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 38 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 40 pageviews2026-08-25 — 29 pageviews2026-08-29 — 34 pageviews2026-09-02 — 43 pageviews2026-09-06 — 42 pageviews2026-09-10 — 41 pageviews2026-09-14 — 29 pageviews2026-09-18 — 64 pageviews2026-09-22 — 35 pageviews2026-09-26 — 46 pageviews2026-09-30 — 39 pageviews2026-10-04 — 40 pageviews2026-10-08 — 33 pageviews2026-10-11 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
3.8%
earned "Last Breath!"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsIn-App Purchases

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Vietnamese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5100%69

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPRPGCo-opIndieActionHorrorShooterZombiesSurvival

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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