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Lifeless

Desync Donkeys · 2016-06-16

Steam

ActionIndieFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Immerse yourself in the post-apocalyptic co-op world of Lifeless, where base building and crafting are key. Collect weapons, gear, and food as you embark on thrilling missions to level up in a vast open world. But stay alert—relentless zombies lurk around every corner!

Lifeless is a 2016 Action, Indie, Free To Play, and Early Access game priced at free-to-play, with a Mostly Negative review sentiment (38% of 557 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
38%
positive of 559 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 82% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (195 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $4.29 at GreenManGaming (2016-10-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10510520162026Week of 2016-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110Jan 2016Jun 2025Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 9Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 6May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 7Jun 2016 — avg 11 · peak 144Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 27Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 33Oct 2016 — avg 6 · peak 40Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 13Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 0Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 34

▲ +5 avg players vs prior month — Jun 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002015-01-012025-06-102015-01-01 — best price $24.992016-05-04 — best price $17.992016-05-19 — best price $17.992016-05-28 — best price $13.052016-06-09 — best price $17.302016-06-15 — best price $17.992016-06-21 — best price $19.992016-06-24 — best price $19.992016-07-20 — best price $17.992016-08-01 — best price $17.992016-08-10 — best price $19.992016-08-31 — best price $16.992016-09-06 — best price $16.992016-09-12 — best price $19.992016-10-18 — best price $15.992016-10-24 — best price $4.292016-11-01 — best price $15.992016-11-08 — best price $4.992016-11-22 — best price $9.992016-11-25 — best price $9.992016-11-30 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $9.992017-01-10 — best price $19.992017-01-26 — best price $19.992019-05-10 — best price $19.992025-06-02 — best price $19.992025-06-10 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
9.3%
earned "Finish tutorial"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsStatsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)274%25

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

Player tags

FPSGoreIndieActionViolentZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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