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State of Decay: YOSE cover art

State of Decay: YOSE

Undead Labs · Xbox Game Studios · 2015-04-27

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 28, 2015 (Xbox One), Apr 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

146
playing now
82%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

146 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 146 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 560 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 329k–789k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,144 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.98 at WinGameStore (2025-04-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 21 of 24 observed days · $2.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32932920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

146542026-08-06 21:00 — 86 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 59 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 104 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 101 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 120 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 121 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 125 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 73 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 76 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 91 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 90 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 62 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 93 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 121 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 76 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 66 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 87 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 79 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 73 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 104 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 79 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 55 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 82 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 102 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 146 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992015-04-152026-08-282015-04-15 — best price $29.992015-12-01 — best price $29.992016-08-10 — best price $29.992016-12-27 — best price $29.992017-06-22 — best price $9.892017-11-22 — best price $7.492017-12-23 — best price $29.992018-05-21 — best price $29.992018-09-07 — best price $29.992018-11-21 — best price $7.492018-12-21 — best price $7.492019-01-26 — best price $12.522019-04-12 — best price $12.552019-07-28 — best price $5.942019-10-28 — best price $5.992019-11-27 — best price $3.002020-01-03 — best price $15.002020-04-02 — best price $14.992020-05-21 — best price $29.992020-07-23 — best price $7.492020-12-30 — best price $14.992021-03-25 — best price $19.992021-09-24 — best price $9.992022-01-08 — best price $19.992022-07-19 — best price $19.992023-01-17 — best price $18.112023-08-28 — best price $9.992024-02-11 — best price $19.992024-04-20 — best price $3.992024-07-05 — best price $4.492024-12-26 — best price $3.292025-04-09 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $2.992026-03-16 — best price $3.492026-07-10 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
79%
earned "Cannibal Family Picnic"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Player tags

RPGActionSandboxZombiesCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldSimulationAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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