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The DeadLine

ROTTEN APPLE · Jungle Game Lab · 2025-07-25

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 25, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The last subway departs in a world overrun by zombies. At each station, gather materials, find better weapons, and fight off the undead. As you get closer to your family, the danger grows. Survive, upgrade, and make it to the final stop.

95%
positive of 327 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (83 reviews).
  • · Top 52% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220252026Week of 2025-07-25: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

15
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "First Chip"
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

6 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1757%15

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

Census log

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

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