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Night of the Dead cover art

Night of the Dead

Jackto Studios · 2024-05-31

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Aug 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

Night of the Dead is a 2024 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 11,874 reviews).

268
playing now
77%
positive of 12k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
48
Nexus mods (46k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

268 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Lucy wakes up from a human experiment and gets trapped in a city covered with zombies. She must survive nightly zombie waves and communicate with a group of survivors to escape from the isolated area.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Night of the Dead trailer thumbnail

Knight of The Dead Official Trailer (2013)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 268 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 242 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,681 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 238k–536k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,901 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20202026Week of 2020-08-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,448 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

390792026-09-14 21:00 — 106 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 88 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 241 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 124 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 159 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 208 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 130 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 99 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 183 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 238 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 84 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 140 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 181 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 95 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 245 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 359 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 91 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 189 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 364 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 145 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 227 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 345 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 145 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 268 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k160Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 1,695 · peak 4,406Nov 2020 — avg 378 · peak 1,063Jan 2021 — avg 267 · peak 843Mar 2021 — avg 230 · peak 649May 2021 — avg 352 · peak 1,134Jul 2021 — avg 1,089 · peak 3,002Sep 2021 — avg 445 · peak 1,194Nov 2021 — avg 313 · peak 703Jan 2022 — avg 747 · peak 2,405Mar 2022 — avg 297 · peak 652May 2022 — avg 418 · peak 1,219Jul 2022 — avg 423 · peak 975Sep 2022 — avg 286 · peak 762Nov 2022 — avg 618 · peak 1,509Jan 2023 — avg 770 · peak 1,731Mar 2023 — avg 540 · peak 1,334May 2023 — avg 444 · peak 1,246Jul 2023 — avg 515 · peak 1,217Sep 2023 — avg 571 · peak 1,724Nov 2023 — avg 774 · peak 1,644Jan 2024 — avg 657 · peak 1,462Mar 2024 — avg 689 · peak 1,697May 2024 — avg 587 · peak 1,485Jul 2024 — avg 596 · peak 1,365Sep 2024 — avg 415 · peak 991Nov 2024 — avg 398 · peak 947Jan 2025 — avg 370 · peak 838Mar 2025 — avg 389 · peak 962May 2025 — avg 304 · peak 964Jul 2025 — avg 290 · peak 689Sep 2025 — avg 201 · peak 426Nov 2025 — avg 321 · peak 834Jan 2026 — avg 273 · peak 662Mar 2026 — avg 251 · peak 639May 2026 — avg 180 · peak 456Jul 2026 — avg 225 · peak 638Aug 2026 — avg 160 · peak 354
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$5.992020-08-282026-07-272020-08-28 — best price $22.492020-11-02 — best price $24.992020-12-22 — best price $19.992021-02-01 — best price $24.992021-03-22 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $24.992021-06-28 — best price $16.742021-07-26 — best price $24.992021-11-24 — best price $16.742022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-01-27 — best price $16.742022-05-02 — best price $24.992022-08-01 — best price $16.742022-11-01 — best price $24.992022-12-12 — best price $16.742023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $16.742023-05-15 — best price $24.992023-07-31 — best price $16.742023-09-25 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $16.742023-12-11 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-31 — best price $29.992024-08-26 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $29.992024-12-09 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-03 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-26 — best price $10.192025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-11-03 — best price $29.992026-01-19 — best price $11.992026-03-09 — best price $29.992026-04-27 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1102026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68.5%
earned "I just wanna peace"
13.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud6 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2024-03-04, latest 2024-03-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,8090%80

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

RPGHuntingSandboxZombiesBuildingCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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