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Outbreak: The New Nightmare cover art

Outbreak: The New Nightmare

Dead Drop Studios LLC · 2018-01-05

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2017 (Linux), Dec 03, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 03, 2018 (Xbox One), Dec 17, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Aug 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!

65%
positive of 278 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.59
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 18,162 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 278 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

18
achievements tracked
74.8%
earned "First Kill"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStats2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-02-04, latest 2020-02-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5153%18
Xbox One (Xbox)4489%14
PS4 (PlayStation)408%8
PS4 (PlayStation)3116%8
PS5 (PlayStation)244%8
PS5 (PlayStation)215%8
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGDarkGoreIndieActionHorrorViolentZombiesAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

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