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Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Bob · Ginormocorp Incorporated · 2025-04-25

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 25, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

194
playing now
87%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

194 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 194 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 386 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~48/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 90k–202k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,499 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Humble Store (2026-08-07) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 46 of 67 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41341320202026Week of 2020-06-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2801222026-08-11 19:00 — 167 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 188 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 172 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 194 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 177 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 170 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 212 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 225 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 160 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 174 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 158 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 136 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 184 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 160 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 129 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 245 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 184 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 154 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 280 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 159 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 143 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 212 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 132 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 137 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 200 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 122 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 136 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 229 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 194 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$4.192020-06-012026-08-262020-06-01 — best price $5.242020-07-15 — best price $6.992020-08-09 — best price $6.292020-08-31 — best price $6.292020-09-23 — best price $6.292020-10-16 — best price $6.992020-11-06 — best price $6.992020-12-01 — best price $6.992020-12-23 — best price $5.942021-01-29 — best price $5.942021-02-21 — best price $6.992021-03-19 — best price $6.292021-04-11 — best price $6.292021-05-04 — best price $6.292021-05-27 — best price $5.592021-08-02 — best price $4.752021-11-01 — best price $4.542022-01-06 — best price $5.942022-03-01 — best price $5.132022-05-24 — best price $6.992022-09-06 — best price $5.132022-12-13 — best price $5.942023-02-20 — best price $6.992023-04-21 — best price $6.992023-07-31 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $6.492024-01-25 — best price $7.342024-04-22 — best price $8.492024-08-05 — best price $5.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992025-01-20 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $11.992025-07-17 — best price $11.992025-11-03 — best price $11.992026-01-17 — best price $8.812026-04-04 — best price $8.812026-06-15 — best price $11.992026-08-26 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
21.6%
earned "It can't be worse than this"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

18 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Hungarian, Turkish, French, Spanish - Latin America, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish - Spain…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3801%33
Xbox Series (Xbox)1311%33

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

RPGRTSActionColony SimOpen WorldExplorationConversationOnline Co-OpThird PersonBase-Building

Census log

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

Recent updates

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