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Once Human cover art

Once Human

Starry Studio · 2024-07-09

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ActionAdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerRacingRPGSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 26, 2024 (iOS), Jun 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 11, 2024 (Android), Aug 25, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Aug 25, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Once Human is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2024, priced at free-to-play, with a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (78% of 180411 reviews).

17,229
playing now
79%
positive of 191k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,702
twitch viewers (latest)
7.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (84 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (8.5k downloads)
3.70★
PlayStation Store rating (8,809 ratings)
74/100
opencritic · fair · 54% recommend · from 16 critics
2622h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

17,229 players in-game as of 2026-10-03 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Once Human is a free-to-play post-apocalyptic third-person open world multiplayer survival game. Developed and published by Starry Studio, a NetEase subsidiary, the game was released for Windows on July 9, 2024, and for iOS and Android on April 23, 2025. It is also set to release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on August 25, 2026.

Trailer

Once Human trailer thumbnail

Once Human - Official Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2022

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17,229 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28,903 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,613/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-03

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Oct 3), healthy→thriving (Sep 28), thriving→healthy (Sep 27), healthy→thriving (Aug 27)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41k41k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 41,132 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17,383 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17,322 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6,697 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8,565 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,276 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5,733 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,298 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9,032 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,966 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5,309 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,027 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,329 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,017 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,325 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 640 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,495 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 656 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,279 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 729 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,826 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 851 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,130 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 772 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7,133 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 854 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4,115 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 716 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4,148 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 517 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5,269 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 477 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3,693 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 445 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,141 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 401 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,330 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 493 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,246 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,628 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,242 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,295 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 343 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,255 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,403 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4,376 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 527 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 5,289 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 586 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 126 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29k11k2026-09-14 18:00 — 25,647 players2026-09-15 06:00 — 16,831 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 25,135 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 15,795 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 22,892 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 15,829 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 22,327 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 15,343 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 23,467 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 19,530 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 27,390 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 21,146 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 28,620 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 15,927 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 23,063 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 15,506 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 23,299 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 14,932 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 21,184 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 14,341 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 21,016 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 15,017 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 21,415 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 18,158 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 25,049 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 14,331 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 20,939 players2026-09-29 06:00 — 14,481 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 21,002 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 13,532 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 19,940 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 14,073 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 19,890 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 13,780 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 20,300 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 17,229 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
148k11kJul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 147,805 · peak 231,343Aug 2024 — avg 107,058 · peak 194,593Sep 2024 — avg 71,110 · peak 134,151Oct 2024 — avg 55,669 · peak 105,041Nov 2024 — avg 43,065 · peak 84,138Dec 2024 — avg 30,377 · peak 60,553Jan 2025 — avg 28,781 · peak 49,221Feb 2025 — avg 22,484 · peak 38,757Mar 2025 — avg 20,494 · peak 35,983Apr 2025 — avg 23,824 · peak 57,461May 2025 — avg 33,834 · peak 58,733Jun 2025 — avg 26,133 · peak 51,589Jul 2025 — avg 26,591 · peak 46,081Aug 2025 — avg 22,450 · peak 39,301Sep 2025 — avg 19,270 · peak 37,257Oct 2025 — avg 19,575 · peak 35,426Nov 2025 — avg 17,652 · peak 33,334Dec 2025 — avg 12,240 · peak 20,012Jan 2026 — avg 13,359 · peak 24,093Feb 2026 — avg 13,590 · peak 22,171Mar 2026 — avg 11,808 · peak 20,317Apr 2026 — avg 12,341 · peak 20,779May 2026 — avg 11,500 · peak 19,004Jun 2026 — avg 11,319 · peak 18,095Jul 2026 — avg 11,831 · peak 19,698Aug 2026 — avg 14,117 · peak 32,083
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#33#992026-09-142026-10-032026-09-14 — #892026-09-15 — #332026-09-16 — #332026-09-17 — #332026-09-18 — #872026-09-19 — #892026-09-20 — #902026-09-21 — #922026-09-22 — #872026-09-23 — #862026-09-24 — #862026-09-25 — #872026-09-26 — #872026-09-27 — #962026-09-28 — #992026-09-29 — #892026-09-30 — #892026-10-01 — #912026-10-02 — #972026-10-03 — #97
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2612612026-09-152026-10-132026-09-15: 183 new positive2026-09-15: 7 new negative2026-09-16: 249 new positive2026-09-16: 12 new negative2026-09-17: 176 new positive2026-09-17: 12 new negative2026-09-18: 99 new positive2026-09-18: 10 new negative2026-09-19: 131 new positive2026-09-19: 16 new negative2026-09-20: 126 new positive2026-09-20: 13 new negative2026-09-21: 135 new positive2026-09-21: 13 new negative2026-09-22: 108 new positive2026-09-22: 19 new negative2026-09-23: 85 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 78 new positive2026-09-24: 14 new negative2026-09-25: 85 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new negative2026-09-26: 94 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 106 new positive2026-09-27: 15 new negative2026-09-28: 123 new positive2026-09-28: 18 new negative2026-09-29: 261 new positive2026-09-29: 18 new negative2026-09-30: 72 new positive2026-09-30: 10 new negative2026-10-01: 73 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new negative2026-10-02: 60 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new negative2026-10-03: 79 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 79 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 74 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-06: 78 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 62 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new negative2026-10-08: 63 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 46 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 54 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new negative2026-10-11: 64 new positive2026-10-11: 19 new negative2026-10-12: 148 new positive2026-10-12: 34 new negative2026-10-13: 59 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

3.2k1262026-05-28 — 169 pageviews2026-06-01 — 172 pageviews2026-06-05 — 209 pageviews2026-06-09 — 151 pageviews2026-06-13 — 137 pageviews2026-06-17 — 186 pageviews2026-06-21 — 179 pageviews2026-06-25 — 150 pageviews2026-06-29 — 144 pageviews2026-07-03 — 126 pageviews2026-07-07 — 235 pageviews2026-07-11 — 436 pageviews2026-07-15 — 323 pageviews2026-07-19 — 288 pageviews2026-07-23 — 220 pageviews2026-07-27 — 237 pageviews2026-07-31 — 165 pageviews2026-08-04 — 189 pageviews2026-08-08 — 222 pageviews2026-08-12 — 269 pageviews2026-08-16 — 292 pageviews2026-08-20 — 359 pageviews2026-08-24 — 566 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,934 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1,477 pageviews2026-09-05 — 1,130 pageviews2026-09-09 — 956 pageviews2026-09-13 — 1,017 pageviews2026-09-17 — 754 pageviews2026-09-21 — 789 pageviews2026-09-25 — 494 pageviews2026-09-29 — 561 pageviews2026-10-03 — 425 pageviews2026-10-06 — 346 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.2k5002026-09-30 18:34 — 1,519 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 1,788 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 2,028 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 2,138 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 3,287 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 3,243 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 2,371 viewers2026-10-04 02:12 — 2,189 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 1,347 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 3,806 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 2,075 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 4,421 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 4,764 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 2,423 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 2,584 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 3,350 viewers2026-10-07 12:12 — 2,472 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 3,744 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 3,844 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 4,389 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 4,260 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 2,996 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 3,383 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 3,705 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 1,606 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 1,244 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 2,358 viewers2026-10-12 04:12 — 2,939 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 2,945 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 1,529 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 1,868 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 2,352 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 2,135 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1,702 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
0%
earned "0000"
0%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-12-20, latest 2025-06-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2100%36
PS5 (PlayStation)0—36

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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