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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

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!

194
playing now
77%
positive of 12k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

194 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 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)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 194 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 10% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 237k–534k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,856 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 9 of 18 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

297842026-08-07 00:00 — 87 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 142 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 207 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 189 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 245 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 98 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 225 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 233 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 101 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 132 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 187 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 86 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 140 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 210 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 87 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 120 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 243 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 117 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 122 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 218 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 95 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 165 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 297 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 98 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 92 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 214 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 149 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 141 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 194 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

602026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 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…

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.

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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