The Game Census
Survivalist cover art

Survivalist

Bob · Ginormocorp Incorporated · 2015-01-30

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: 2015 (Xbox 360), Jan 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

0
playing now
80%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 64k–154k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,568 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.73-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 17×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 35 of 60 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.742015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $2.992016-05-09 — best price $2.992016-10-10 — best price $2.492017-01-26 — best price $4.992017-08-21 — best price $4.992018-04-09 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-06-10 — best price $0.992020-01-04 — best price $4.992020-05-25 — best price $4.992020-07-16 — best price $4.992020-08-18 — best price $4.992020-09-28 — best price $4.992020-10-28 — best price $4.992020-12-06 — best price $4.992021-01-14 — best price $0.992021-03-02 — best price $3.662021-04-07 — best price $4.992021-05-21 — best price $4.392021-08-02 — best price $0.942021-11-17 — best price $4.392022-01-24 — best price $0.792022-05-24 — best price $4.992022-10-24 — best price $0.992023-01-11 — best price $4.392023-05-15 — best price $4.992023-10-23 — best price $1.992024-02-05 — best price $4.992024-04-23 — best price $4.392024-09-02 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-05-26 — best price $0.742025-10-27 — best price $0.992026-01-26 — best price $4.992026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $3.73
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
23.7%
earned "Maximum Respect"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain, French, Russian, German, Italian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6162%39

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

Player tags

RPGRTSCo-opActionSandboxZombiesStrategySurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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