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Near Death

Orthogonal Games · 2016-08-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 02, 2016 (Mac), Aug 02, 2016 (Linux)

Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.

1
playing now
91%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 10,808 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 27k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,069 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.95 at Steam (2021-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 15 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.952016-08-022026-08-122016-08-02 — best price $13.492016-11-25 — best price $7.492017-01-12 — best price $7.492017-05-11 — best price $6.742017-08-02 — best price $4.942017-10-26 — best price $4.492018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-03-26 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-15 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $2.992019-06-26 — best price $2.992019-09-30 — best price $7.992019-11-26 — best price $1.592020-01-23 — best price $1.592020-06-08 — best price $1.592020-10-29 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-05-18 — best price $7.992021-09-06 — best price $7.992021-12-04 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $7.992022-08-08 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $1.992023-02-07 — best price $7.992023-06-30 — best price $0.952023-08-25 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-05-21 — best price $7.992024-10-17 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-07-03 — best price $1.992025-10-09 — best price $7.992025-12-21 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-08-08 — best price $1.992026-08-12 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
77.8%
earned "Reestablished Contact"
30.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3688%18

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

Player tags

DarkSnowIndieActionSurvivalAdventureDifficultSoundtrackAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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