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Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning

Entertainment Forge · GrabTheGames · 2018-06-08

SteamPlayStation Store

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.

Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1033 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

15
playing now
81%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (284 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 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 13% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,033 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 34 of 50 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

2302026-09-15 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
630Jun 2018Aug 2026Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 22Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 21Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2022 — avg 17 · peak 164Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 390Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 94Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2023 — avg 31 · peak 236Apr 2024 — avg 19 · peak 303Apr 2025 — avg 31 · peak 81Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 71Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 55Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 58Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 31Feb 2026 — avg 13 · peak 31Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 43Jul 2026 — avg 13 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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