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Nation Red cover art

Nation Red

DiezelPower · 2009-09-03

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 03, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 03, 2009 (Mac), Sep 03, 2009 (Linux)

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

Nation Red is an Action and Indie game released in 2009, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2786 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

August 17, 1977 Scattered groups of zombies infiltrate remote Midwestern towns. Incapable of using tools or weapons, the invaders are resisted until they retreat back into the desert. Special elimination posses are set up to hunt down any of the surviving undead. Six weeks after the squads started their search-and-destroy mission, the last known zombie was shot and killed. Present-day Over thirty years had passed when a truck driver traveling down a desolate Arizona road plows into a wall of undead. Before the driver's phone signal went dead, he reported some were carrying guns... They're bac(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 112k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,793 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-11-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520172026Week of 2017-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
472Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 44 · peak 92Nov 2012 — avg 45 · peak 190Mar 2013 — avg 33 · peak 150Jul 2013 — avg 19 · peak 54Nov 2013 — avg 27 · peak 136Mar 2014 — avg 28 · peak 66Jul 2014 — avg 19 · peak 51Nov 2014 — avg 17 · peak 60Mar 2015 — avg 11 · peak 25Jul 2015 — avg 10 · peak 24Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 47Mar 2016 — avg 8 · peak 25Jul 2016 — avg 18 · peak 52Nov 2016 — avg 29 · peak 133Mar 2017 — avg 16 · peak 51Jul 2017 — avg 12 · peak 37Nov 2017 — avg 11 · peak 26Mar 2018 — avg 10 · peak 41Jul 2018 — avg 10 · peak 35Nov 2018 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 31Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 26Nov 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 51Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 133Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 59Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-11-25 — best price $1.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $1.492016-11-07 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $1.492017-01-23 — best price $4.992017-03-31 — best price $1.992017-05-25 — best price $1.992017-08-07 — best price $1.992017-10-09 — best price $0.972017-11-28 — best price $1.992018-02-26 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-10-29 — best price $0.672018-12-17 — best price $1.992019-03-18 — best price $0.792019-07-09 — best price $1.992019-11-20 — best price $0.672020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-06-25 — best price $0.672020-11-02 — best price $1.992021-02-11 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-04-07 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $1.012023-01-30 — best price $2.992023-10-26 — best price $1.012024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.012024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.012025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.012026-06-15 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
47.7%
earned "Horde"
12.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements

10 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,9851%145

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

GoreCo-opIndieActionArcadeZombiesSurvivalTop-DownAddictiveLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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