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Surviving the Aftermath

Iceflake Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2021-11-16

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Surviving the Aftermath is a 2021 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 4585 reviews).

84
playing now
71%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (13k downloads)
3.89★
PlayStation Store rating (2,299 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

84 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 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.

Trailer

Surviving the Aftermath trailer thumbnail

Surviving the Aftermath - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 84 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 6% of 16,992 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 92k–206k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,585 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 72 of 128 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

131382026-09-16 06:00 — 45 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 64 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 102 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 75 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 55 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 88 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 53 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 66 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 92 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 49 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 82 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 50 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 71 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 131 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 78 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 68 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 89 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 86 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 74 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 78 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 76 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 42 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 84 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
85366Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 853 · peak 1,932Dec 2020 — avg 207 · peak 461Feb 2021 — avg 189 · peak 422Apr 2021 — avg 146 · peak 350Jun 2021 — avg 150 · peak 301Aug 2021 — avg 99 · peak 181Oct 2021 — avg 124 · peak 450Dec 2021 — avg 406 · peak 692Feb 2022 — avg 274 · peak 587Apr 2022 — avg 324 · peak 855Jun 2022 — avg 422 · peak 797Aug 2022 — avg 245 · peak 512Oct 2022 — avg 174 · peak 342Dec 2022 — avg 206 · peak 423Feb 2023 — avg 169 · peak 348Apr 2023 — avg 246 · peak 584Jun 2023 — avg 115 · peak 227Aug 2023 — avg 119 · peak 216Oct 2023 — avg 112 · peak 225Dec 2023 — avg 171 · peak 472Feb 2024 — avg 130 · peak 256Apr 2024 — avg 114 · peak 214Jun 2024 — avg 108 · peak 253Aug 2024 — avg 130 · peak 415Oct 2024 — avg 133 · peak 314Dec 2024 — avg 104 · peak 215Feb 2025 — avg 107 · peak 241Apr 2025 — avg 106 · peak 206Jun 2025 — avg 96 · peak 195Aug 2025 — avg 80 · peak 160Oct 2025 — avg 94 · peak 199Dec 2025 — avg 84 · peak 168Feb 2026 — avg 88 · peak 199Apr 2026 — avg 73 · peak 153Jun 2026 — avg 66 · peak 139Aug 2026 — avg 108 · peak 299
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$30.03$0.002019-10-192026-10-152019-10-19 — 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 $8.992026-09-01 — best price $8.992026-09-21 — best price $29.992026-10-11 — best price $8.992026-10-15 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

345192026-05-31 — 37 pageviews2026-06-04 — 36 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-12 — 42 pageviews2026-06-16 — 37 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 45 pageviews2026-06-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-02 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 53 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-18 — 37 pageviews2026-07-22 — 23 pageviews2026-07-26 — 101 pageviews2026-07-30 — 39 pageviews2026-08-03 — 42 pageviews2026-08-07 — 23 pageviews2026-08-11 — 41 pageviews2026-08-15 — 41 pageviews2026-08-19 — 33 pageviews2026-08-23 — 80 pageviews2026-08-27 — 184 pageviews2026-08-31 — 56 pageviews2026-09-04 — 47 pageviews2026-09-08 — 71 pageviews2026-09-12 — 82 pageviews2026-09-16 — 79 pageviews2026-09-20 — 60 pageviews2026-09-24 — 33 pageviews2026-09-28 — 25 pageviews2026-10-02 — 47 pageviews2026-10-06 — 38 pageviews2026-10-09 — 34 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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-11-16 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

WarBuildingStrategySurvivalTacticalDifficultColony SimManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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