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Putrefaction cover art

Putrefaction

Kazakov Oleg · 2015-08-07

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 07, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Putrefaction is a 2015 Action and Indie title priced at $0.74, with an owner estimate of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 496 reviews).

1
playing now
69%
positive of 496 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.74
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

In the near feature the new disease started to infect people. The infected experienced horrifying body transformations, making them unable to even walk or talk normally. In response to this threat a special elite force was created, with the task of finding a source of this horrible epidemic and eliminating it. You are playing as a member of this organization, send to check an abandoned base in mountains. From there you must find an underground facility and uncover horrible truth about what's really happening.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 496 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.30 at Steam (2023-06-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2502026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.302015-06-122026-08-242015-06-12 — best price $9.992015-08-14 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $1.242016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $0.492016-08-30 — best price $4.992016-10-28 — best price $0.492016-12-12 — best price $4.992017-02-23 — best price $0.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-10-09 — best price $0.992017-12-04 — best price $0.492018-02-12 — best price $0.992018-06-22 — best price $0.492018-10-22 — best price $0.992019-01-14 — best price $0.492019-03-14 — best price $0.492019-05-27 — best price $0.992019-08-05 — best price $0.492019-12-03 — best price $0.992020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-04-20 — best price $0.992020-08-03 — best price $0.492021-07-08 — best price $0.992022-08-08 — best price $0.512023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-09-17 — best price $1.992025-04-17 — best price $2.992025-07-28 — best price $0.742025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-03-02 — best price $0.592026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $0.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
6.1%
earned "Shotgun fun"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,07510%10

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

Player tags

FPSGoreBloodIndieShortActionHorrorSci-fiShooterZombies

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.