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Onset cover art

Onset

Blue Mountains · 2019-12-13

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 13, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Onset is a 2019 Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG game priced at $18.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 776 reviews).

1
playing now
67%
positive of 775 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$18.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (270 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 775 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.89 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24224220192026Week of 2019-12-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.99$1.892019-12-132026-01-052019-12-13 — best price $18.992020-03-16 — best price $18.992020-06-02 — best price $18.992020-07-09 — best price $18.992020-10-11 — best price $18.992020-11-02 — best price $18.992020-12-01 — best price $18.992020-12-16 — best price $18.992021-01-05 — best price $18.992021-02-15 — best price $18.992021-04-09 — best price $18.992021-05-31 — best price $18.992021-07-08 — best price $18.992021-11-01 — best price $18.992021-12-01 — best price $18.992022-01-05 — best price $18.992022-02-03 — best price $18.992022-07-07 — best price $18.992023-01-05 — best price $18.992023-03-23 — best price $18.992024-03-21 — best price $18.992024-07-11 — best price $18.992025-10-06 — best price $18.992026-01-05 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Turkish

Player tags

RPGIndieActionSandboxOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerEarly AccessMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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