The Game Census
Putrefaction cover art

Putrefaction

Kazakov Oleg · 2015-08-07

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 494 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.74
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 10,945 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 494 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.74-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 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).

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.