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Propagation VR

WanadevStudio · 2020-09-25

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 25, 2020 (SteamVR), TBD (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?

Propagation VR is an Action game released in 2020, free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 5902 reviews).

17
playing now
94%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
0.8h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Propagation VR trailer thumbnail

Propagation VR - Trailer

≈316,063 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 175 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (490 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47147120202026Week of 2020-09-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5922026-09-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 43 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 34 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 38 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 59 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7819Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 29 · peak 78Dec 2020 — avg 19 · peak 67Feb 2021 — avg 39 · peak 124Apr 2021 — avg 38 · peak 99Jun 2021 — avg 56 · peak 94Aug 2021 — avg 47 · peak 83Oct 2021 — avg 49 · peak 107Dec 2021 — avg 62 · peak 161Feb 2022 — avg 71 · peak 129Apr 2022 — avg 67 · peak 138Jun 2022 — avg 61 · peak 111Aug 2022 — avg 55 · peak 110Oct 2022 — avg 53 · peak 109Dec 2022 — avg 54 · peak 141Feb 2023 — avg 49 · peak 112Apr 2023 — avg 44 · peak 99Jun 2023 — avg 39 · peak 89Aug 2023 — avg 31 · peak 75Oct 2023 — avg 35 · peak 94Dec 2023 — avg 41 · peak 91Feb 2024 — avg 41 · peak 115Apr 2024 — avg 37 · peak 91Jun 2024 — avg 35 · peak 82Aug 2024 — avg 37 · peak 87Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 86Dec 2024 — avg 30 · peak 79Feb 2025 — avg 27 · peak 87Apr 2025 — avg 23 · peak 74Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 63Aug 2025 — avg 25 · peak 68Oct 2025 — avg 22 · peak 76Dec 2025 — avg 23 · peak 74Feb 2026 — avg 21 · peak 79Apr 2026 — avg 20 · peak 74Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 65Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 57
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-02-05, latest 2025-08-01 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSGoreActionHorrorShooterViolentZombiesSurvivalMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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