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Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning

Entertainment Forge · GrabTheGames · 2018-06-08

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 08, 2018 (Mac), Sep 18, 2019 (Xbox One), Sep 18, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 20, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.

16
playing now
81%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,032 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.47 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-08-06) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 40 of 60 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520182026Week of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2322026-08-11 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 23 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.00$0.002018-06-132026-07-302018-06-13 — best price $4.242018-09-28 — best price $3.742018-12-10 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-07-18 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-01-01 — best price $4.492020-01-31 — best price $1.242020-03-24 — best price $4.992020-05-26 — best price $1.242020-06-27 — best price $3.662020-10-02 — best price $3.662020-11-13 — best price $2.492020-12-15 — best price $4.992021-01-16 — best price $3.662021-02-12 — best price $4.992021-03-06 — best price $4.992021-04-08 — best price $4.142021-05-05 — best price $4.992021-05-31 — best price $4.492021-08-19 — best price $4.992021-11-22 — best price $1.992022-02-14 — best price $4.992022-04-29 — best price $1.242022-08-06 — best price $0.472022-11-07 — best price $1.242023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-10-09 — best price $4.992024-02-08 — best price $1.242024-05-19 — best price $3.662024-08-23 — best price $3.662024-12-18 — best price $4.992025-04-04 — best price $1.752025-07-25 — best price $0.892025-10-06 — best price $1.242026-01-17 — best price $0.692026-03-27 — best price $3.662026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
30%
earned "First Loot"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,55381%17
Steam (Steam)1,21216%19
PS4 (PlayStation)1,09580%17
Xbox One (Xbox)62164%16
PS4 (PlayStation)47094%17
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

LootFunnyComedyTradingZombiesCartoonyAdventureStory RichDark ComedyVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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