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Survivors of the Dawn

indieGiant · 2023-11-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.

Survivors of the Dawn is a 2023 Action, Casual, Indie and RPG game priced at $7.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 769 reviews).

2
playing now
74%
positive of 769 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (183 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 769 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.11 at Steam (2026-06-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14514520232026Week of 2023-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$3.112023-11-062026-07-272023-11-06 — best price $6.392024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-02-19 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $5.592024-04-11 — best price $7.992024-05-20 — best price $7.992024-05-30 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-10-14 — best price $3.992024-11-04 — best price $7.992024-11-21 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $3.592025-01-23 — best price $3.992025-02-20 — best price $3.992025-03-08 — best price $7.992025-04-03 — best price $7.992025-05-09 — best price $3.992025-05-28 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-07-14 — best price $3.992025-08-14 — best price $3.992025-09-04 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-20 — best price $3.992025-11-13 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-12 — best price $3.992026-03-09 — best price $7.992026-04-20 — best price $3.992026-06-15 — best price $7.992026-07-20 — best price $3.112026-07-27 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
90%
earned "FirstGig"
43.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3614%84

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

Player tags

SpaceCasualHorrorSci-fiShooterTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellEarly Access

Census log

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

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