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Nomad

Diminished Studios · 2015-06-26

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jun 26, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.

6
playing now
60%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2016-01-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-06 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-05-282020-05-252015-05-28 — best price $9.992015-06-26 — best price $8.092015-08-31 — best price $2.242015-09-07 — best price $8.992015-10-29 — best price $1.792015-11-02 — best price $2.242015-11-09 — best price $8.992015-11-25 — best price $0.892015-12-01 — best price $8.992015-12-05 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $0.992016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-01-11 — best price $0.742016-01-18 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $0.742016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-03-14 — best price $0.742016-03-21 — best price $4.992016-04-15 — best price $0.002020-04-21 — best price $6.602020-05-11 — best price $8.992020-05-12 — best price $6.602020-05-25 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
41.4%
earned "Getting Wood"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,8891%45

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

Player tags

FPSCo-opIndieActionShooterZombiesCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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