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State of Decay

Undead Labs · Xbox Game Studios · 2013-11-05

SteamXbox

ActionRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 20, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 05, 2013 (Xbox 360)

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

State of Decay is an Action, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2013, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 17,480 reviews).

4
playing now
85%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (150 ratings)
440
Nexus mods (4.2M downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

State of Decay is a 2013 action-adventure survival video game developed by Undead Labs and published by Microsoft Studios. The game combines elements of shooters, stealth, role-playing and strategy games and the game challenges players to survive by exploring, scavenging, and fighting the undead. It places emphasis on how the player's leaderships skills fare against an onslaught of problems, such as diminishing survival resources, group trust and morale, zombie extermination, base defenses, and people's lives.

Trailer

State of Decay trailer thumbnail

State of Decay 3 - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026

≈425,609 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,913 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 699k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,467 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-09-15 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.7k5Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 2,369 · peak 4,542Jan 2014 — avg 1,160 · peak 3,200May 2014 — avg 647 · peak 4,853Sep 2014 — avg 1,366 · peak 7,221Jan 2015 — avg 720 · peak 1,484May 2015 — avg 370 · peak 814Sep 2015 — avg 213 · peak 419Jan 2016 — avg 144 · peak 275May 2016 — avg 126 · peak 267Sep 2016 — avg 129 · peak 238Jan 2017 — avg 135 · peak 264May 2017 — avg 119 · peak 284Sep 2017 — avg 92 · peak 184Jan 2018 — avg 92 · peak 183May 2018 — avg 180 · peak 518Sep 2018 — avg 45 · peak 91Jan 2019 — avg 36 · peak 74May 2019 — avg 35 · peak 85Sep 2019 — avg 34 · peak 67Jan 2020 — avg 22 · peak 46May 2020 — avg 22 · peak 47Sep 2020 — avg 15 · peak 29Jan 2021 — avg 16 · peak 32May 2021 — avg 13 · peak 30Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 28Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 25May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992015-01-012019-11-252015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-01-02 — best price $19.992015-03-06 — best price $8.992015-03-09 — best price $19.992018-07-17 — best price $15.992018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-12-06 — best price $4.992018-12-10 — best price $19.992019-05-10 — best price $4.992019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-09-17 — best price $3.992019-09-23 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $2.992019-11-25 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k832026-06-01 — 98 pageviews2026-06-05 — 122 pageviews2026-06-09 — 461 pageviews2026-06-13 — 177 pageviews2026-06-17 — 184 pageviews2026-06-21 — 162 pageviews2026-06-25 — 136 pageviews2026-06-29 — 326 pageviews2026-07-03 — 181 pageviews2026-07-07 — 831 pageviews2026-07-11 — 170 pageviews2026-07-15 — 156 pageviews2026-07-19 — 106 pageviews2026-07-23 — 106 pageviews2026-07-27 — 106 pageviews2026-07-31 — 109 pageviews2026-08-04 — 106 pageviews2026-08-08 — 85 pageviews2026-08-12 — 100 pageviews2026-08-16 — 84 pageviews2026-08-20 — 90 pageviews2026-08-24 — 129 pageviews2026-08-28 — 112 pageviews2026-09-01 — 115 pageviews2026-09-05 — 102 pageviews2026-09-09 — 85 pageviews2026-09-13 — 114 pageviews2026-09-17 — 98 pageviews2026-09-21 — 99 pageviews2026-09-25 — 154 pageviews2026-09-29 — 104 pageviews2026-10-03 — 105 pageviews2026-10-07 — 141 pageviews2026-10-11 — 100 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "Cannibal Family Picnic"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2013-11-29, latest 2014-05-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)32,2642%46
Xbox 360 (Xbox)31,6421%46

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGActionHorrorSandboxZombiesSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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