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Surviving the Aftermath

Iceflake Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2021-11-16

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 16, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 16, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

121
playing now
71%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Surviving the Aftermath is a city-building game developed by Iceflake Studios, which is now a division of the game's publisher, Paradox Interactive. Players build a city in a post-apocalyptic setting, which includes elements of survival games. It follows Surviving Mars and is followed by Surviving the Abyss, all of which were published by Paradox.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 121 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 89 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (316 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 91k–206k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,571 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.45 at GameBillet (2024-12-31) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 48 of 94 observed days · $1.54 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20220220202026Week of 2020-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

257522026-08-06 23:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 62 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 91 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 72 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 70 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 123 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 83 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 115 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 91 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 84 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 75 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 52 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 80 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 70 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 56 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 97 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 101 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 118 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 134 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 132 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 252 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 212 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 112 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 147 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 173 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 121 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.03$0.002019-10-192026-08-302019-10-19 — best price $19.992021-01-09 — best price $22.492021-03-06 — best price $17.892021-04-06 — best price $14.982021-05-05 — best price $13.992021-05-30 — best price $22.392021-08-20 — best price $18.742021-11-06 — best price $14.992021-12-11 — best price $24.992022-03-02 — best price $30.032022-04-27 — best price $21.892022-05-27 — best price $29.992022-07-05 — best price $16.992022-08-22 — best price $29.992022-10-11 — best price $16.192022-12-07 — best price $19.952023-01-23 — best price $20.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-19 — best price $20.992023-07-20 — best price $26.992023-10-10 — best price $20.992024-01-24 — best price $26.882024-04-09 — best price $8.392024-06-11 — best price $25.492024-10-07 — best price $29.992024-11-28 — best price $7.782025-01-18 — best price $9.002025-05-06 — best price $8.992025-08-09 — best price $29.992025-11-03 — best price $8.092026-01-08 — best price $29.992026-02-28 — best price $8.992026-05-05 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

544192026-05-31 — 37 pageviews2026-06-03 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-09 — 34 pageviews2026-06-12 — 42 pageviews2026-06-15 — 34 pageviews2026-06-18 — 36 pageviews2026-06-21 — 40 pageviews2026-06-24 — 45 pageviews2026-06-27 — 42 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-03 — 45 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-09 — 26 pageviews2026-07-12 — 29 pageviews2026-07-15 — 94 pageviews2026-07-18 — 37 pageviews2026-07-21 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 52 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-30 — 39 pageviews2026-08-02 — 33 pageviews2026-08-05 — 35 pageviews2026-08-08 — 32 pageviews2026-08-11 — 41 pageviews2026-08-14 — 35 pageviews2026-08-17 — 35 pageviews2026-08-20 — 45 pageviews2026-08-23 — 80 pageviews2026-08-26 — 544 pageviews2026-08-27 — 184 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
91.6%
earned "First Step"
22%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)5,3941%75
Steam (Steam)5,3820%74
PS4 (PlayStation)50120%55
Switch (Nintendo)80%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

WarBuildingStrategySurvivalTacticalDifficultColony SimManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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