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Subsistence cover art

Subsistence

ColdGames · 2016-10-25

Steam

ActionEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Subsistence is an Action and Early Access game released in 2016, priced at $13.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 13820 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

434
playing now
72%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
twitch viewers (latest)
2.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
38
Nexus mods (16k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

434 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Subsistence trailer thumbnail

Subsistence - Official Trailer - 4K

≈203,125 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 434 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 356 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,529 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 348k–836k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,928 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.09 at Steam (2025-05-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23023020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9872602026-09-14 20:00 — 520 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 260 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 474 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 686 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 543 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 438 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 671 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 412 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 442 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 957 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 771 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 379 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 682 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 714 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 534 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 987 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 764 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 370 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 525 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 749 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 546 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 517 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 730 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 434 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
73672Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 86 · peak 398Feb 2017 — avg 89 · peak 161Jun 2017 — avg 83 · peak 181Oct 2017 — avg 125 · peak 306Feb 2018 — avg 136 · peak 300Jun 2018 — avg 160 · peak 350Oct 2018 — avg 147 · peak 299Feb 2019 — avg 193 · peak 456Jun 2019 — avg 209 · peak 484Oct 2019 — avg 253 · peak 572Feb 2020 — avg 261 · peak 503Jun 2020 — avg 293 · peak 623Oct 2020 — avg 547 · peak 937Feb 2021 — avg 509 · peak 997Jun 2021 — avg 296 · peak 500Oct 2021 — avg 477 · peak 1,035Feb 2022 — avg 407 · peak 776Jun 2022 — avg 429 · peak 783Oct 2022 — avg 374 · peak 694Feb 2023 — avg 417 · peak 831Jun 2023 — avg 396 · peak 835Oct 2023 — avg 344 · peak 849Feb 2024 — avg 356 · peak 709Jun 2024 — avg 241 · peak 672Oct 2024 — avg 258 · peak 477Feb 2025 — avg 308 · peak 596Jun 2025 — avg 201 · peak 391Oct 2025 — avg 309 · peak 582Feb 2026 — avg 220 · peak 587Jun 2026 — avg 189 · peak 327Aug 2026 — avg 190 · peak 352
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 8 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$9.092016-10-252026-07-272016-10-25 — best price $13.992017-07-05 — best price $13.992017-11-28 — best price $13.992018-07-05 — best price $13.992018-11-27 — best price $13.992019-01-03 — best price $13.992019-07-10 — best price $11.192019-11-27 — best price $11.892020-01-23 — best price $11.892020-10-29 — best price $11.892020-12-22 — best price $11.192021-05-27 — best price $11.892021-10-28 — best price $11.892021-12-22 — best price $11.192022-06-23 — best price $11.192022-11-22 — best price $11.192023-01-23 — best price $11.892023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $11.192023-09-15 — best price $11.892023-11-21 — best price $11.192024-01-19 — best price $9.792024-03-15 — best price $10.492024-05-27 — best price $11.192024-07-19 — best price $11.192024-10-11 — best price $11.192024-12-19 — best price $10.492025-02-21 — best price $11.192025-04-02 — best price $11.192025-06-11 — best price $11.192025-08-01 — best price $11.192025-09-29 — best price $9.792025-12-05 — best price $11.192026-01-16 — best price $10.492026-03-19 — best price $9.792026-05-22 — best price $10.492026-07-17 — best price $10.492026-07-27 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

6502026-09-30 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 9 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
20.9%
earned "Lumberjack"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller Support

26 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7691%47

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

Co-opActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

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