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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).

223
playing now
72%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.99
steam price (US)

223 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 223 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 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 344k–826k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,764 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 12 of 24 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

3051162026-08-06 22:00 — 180 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 116 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 188 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 188 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 148 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 245 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 234 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 173 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 305 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 218 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 146 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 233 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 166 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 135 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 225 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 154 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 148 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 261 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 214 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 127 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 164 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 215 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 148 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 232 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 247 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 144 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 164 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 235 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 223 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

1902026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 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.

Player tags

Co-opActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

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