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Project Winter cover art

Project Winter

Other Ocean Interactive · Other Ocean Group · 2019-05-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 15, 2021 (PlayStation 4), May 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 04, 2021 (Xbox One)

Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.

Project Winter is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 19,079 reviews).

10
playing now
82%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (594 downloads)
4.08★
PlayStation Store rating (147 ratings)
70/100
opencritic · fair · 58% recommend · from 12 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Project Winter is a social deduction video game featuring survival game mechanics first released on May 23, 2019, for Windows. In Project Winter, players take on the roles of "survivors" and "traitors", having to repair two objectives to escape from an incoming blizzard, or stop an escape from happening.

Trailer

Project Winter trailer thumbnail

Project Winter Cinematic Trailer

≈921,369 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 146 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,377 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 477k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,072 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-08-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20192026Week of 2019-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,083 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,218 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,593 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

17142026-09-16 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 34 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 60 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 63 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 29 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 171 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 107 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 30 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 45 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-02-072026-10-092019-02-07 — best price $19.992019-05-12 — best price $14.992019-06-27 — best price $14.992019-08-30 — best price $15.992019-12-19 — best price $11.992020-03-25 — best price $17.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-08 — best price $13.392020-11-06 — best price $19.992020-12-23 — best price $10.992021-02-11 — best price $12.992021-04-02 — best price $5.912021-07-15 — best price $9.002021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $8.992022-06-24 — best price $8.992022-08-09 — best price $9.992022-09-29 — best price $9.992022-12-01 — best price $9.992023-01-06 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $6.492024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-05-22 — best price $7.992024-08-23 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-09-18 — best price $0.002025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3952026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 14 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 19 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 12 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 39 pageviews2026-07-21 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 18 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 12 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews2026-08-30 — 15 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 18 pageviews2026-09-11 — 10 pageviews2026-09-15 — 6 pageviews2026-09-19 — 16 pageviews2026-09-23 — 20 pageviews2026-09-27 — 17 pageviews2026-10-01 — 5 pageviews2026-10-05 — 16 pageviews2026-10-08 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
70.9%
earned "Close Quarters"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsIn-App Purchases1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Greek, Swedish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,7010%78
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)8,4521%47
PS4 (PlayStation)4616%48
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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.

Player tags

PvEPvPSnowFunnyColorfulCraftingStrategyStylizedSurvivalAdventure

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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