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The Front

Samar Studio · 2025-10-30

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Oct 30, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

83
playing now
67%
positive of 11k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

83 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 83 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 290 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,269 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 215k–483k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,732 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2024-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 21 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.9k2.9k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 2,936 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,333 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,346 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 508 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

106342026-08-07 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 51 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 65 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 85 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 73 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 106 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 80 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 70 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 38 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 84 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 53 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 80 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 49 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 93 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 73 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 96 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 83 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992023-10-082026-08-242023-10-08 — best price $19.992023-10-20 — best price $19.992023-11-22 — best price $14.992023-12-03 — best price $15.892023-12-28 — best price $13.992024-02-07 — best price $15.992024-03-14 — best price $13.992024-03-22 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $13.992024-07-11 — best price $13.992024-08-31 — best price $19.992024-11-20 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-05-17 — best price $19.992025-07-13 — best price $15.992025-08-27 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-07 — best price $19.992025-11-13 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $13.992026-02-19 — best price $11.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-04-09 — best price $19.992026-05-10 — best price $9.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-06-19 — best price $9.992026-07-23 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-op12 DLC

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

Player tags

Co-opTanksSandboxShooterBuildingCraftingSurvivalRealisticOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

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