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Serum: Toxic Survival cover art

Serum: Toxic Survival

Game Island · Toplitz Productions · 2024-05-23

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dive into a thrilling survival adventure where an unknown liquid takes control of your life. Extract Serum to stay alive, battle dangerous creatures, solve puzzles, and uncover clues about past events.

Serum: Toxic Survival is a $6.24 Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2024, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 314 reviews).

0
playing now
49%
positive of 314 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$6.24
steam price (US)

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

Unravel the mystery of Serum and survive the fight against time amidst a ruined world of destruction and mutated creatures. Your life is at stake! The toxic fog obscures the dangers in an apocalyptic world where every second counts. A relentless timer on your arm decides between life and death. Prove your courage, explore the mysterious environment for resources and brew serums for unique abilities. Every dose of serum can make the difference in the fight for survival against mutated enemies. Find shelter in the chaos, search for technology and modify weapons for greater effectiveness. The ra(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (104 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.3k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 314 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-09-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 12 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120242026Week of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.002024-05-232026-08-242024-05-23 — best price $19.992024-05-29 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $18.742024-08-26 — best price $17.492024-10-21 — best price $17.492024-11-04 — best price $24.992024-11-21 — best price $17.492024-12-02 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $16.242025-01-23 — best price $16.242025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-05-22 — best price $24.992025-07-24 — best price $24.992025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-06 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-03 — best price $24.992026-03-18 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-04 — best price $24.992026-05-27 — best price $5.002026-06-02 — best price $17.992026-06-09 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $6.242026-08-24 — best price $6.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
35.8%
earned "Machete kills"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-05-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

FPSPvERPGCombatHorrorNatureZombiesAdventureFuturisticExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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