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Near Death

Orthogonal Games · 2016-08-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Near Death is a 2016 Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game priced at $7.99, with Very Positive (91% of 1071 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
91%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,071 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 14 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420172026Week of 2017-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 0 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-02 (Steam store data)

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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