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The Infected

DigX Studios · 2020-08-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 07, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

The Infected is an Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $15.99, with Very Positive (84% of 7015 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

110
playing now
84%
positive of 7.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (71 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

110 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

A virus was a lot more serious than anticipated, a treatment was looking promising. A drug trial seemed to work, many were getting better and fatality rates were dropping. But oh my god, something went wrong. Some unexpected side effects began to arise, causing human DNA to mutate into something unknown. We call them Vambies, they seem to look like mix between a vampire and zombie. Well this is what the media is telling us but is that the truth?(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

The Infected trailer thumbnail

The Infected - Official Gameplay Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 110 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 227 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 140k–316k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,015 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.19 at IndieGala Store (2024-07-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 60 of 85 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43543520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

200442026-09-15 13:00 — 108 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 86 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 51 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 183 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 146 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 63 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 130 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 148 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 76 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 133 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 160 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 63 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 74 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 141 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 82 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 63 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 118 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 72 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 44 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 151 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 148 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 51 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 110 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
62475Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 231 · peak 557Oct 2020 — avg 104 · peak 230Dec 2020 — avg 489 · peak 1,089Feb 2021 — avg 267 · peak 504Apr 2021 — avg 495 · peak 1,020Jun 2021 — avg 379 · peak 799Aug 2021 — avg 439 · peak 1,020Oct 2021 — avg 242 · peak 553Dec 2021 — avg 193 · peak 352Feb 2022 — avg 142 · peak 260Apr 2022 — avg 344 · peak 681Jun 2022 — avg 268 · peak 541Aug 2022 — avg 333 · peak 642Oct 2022 — avg 235 · peak 514Dec 2022 — avg 162 · peak 312Feb 2023 — avg 157 · peak 283Apr 2023 — avg 469 · peak 882Jun 2023 — avg 222 · peak 500Aug 2023 — avg 104 · peak 216Oct 2023 — avg 260 · peak 571Dec 2023 — avg 169 · peak 283Feb 2024 — avg 104 · peak 202Apr 2024 — avg 127 · peak 277Jun 2024 — avg 89 · peak 242Aug 2024 — avg 75 · peak 136Oct 2024 — avg 170 · peak 367Dec 2024 — avg 288 · peak 673Feb 2025 — avg 190 · peak 389Apr 2025 — avg 261 · peak 506Jun 2025 — avg 139 · peak 285Aug 2025 — avg 144 · peak 289Oct 2025 — avg 96 · peak 179Dec 2025 — avg 126 · peak 512Feb 2026 — avg 207 · peak 489Apr 2026 — avg 115 · peak 249Jun 2026 — avg 89 · peak 175Aug 2026 — avg 123 · peak 278
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$5.752020-08-072026-08-272020-08-07 — best price $13.992021-05-31 — best price $13.992021-12-22 — best price $9.792022-12-22 — best price $10.492023-07-13 — best price $15.992023-12-11 — best price $15.992024-03-21 — best price $15.992024-04-13 — best price $13.982024-05-09 — best price $9.402024-06-03 — best price $15.992024-07-02 — best price $12.252024-07-27 — best price $13.312024-09-09 — best price $15.992024-11-04 — best price $5.772024-12-03 — best price $12.142025-01-01 — best price $8.002025-01-23 — best price $15.992025-02-25 — best price $12.482025-04-07 — best price $15.992025-05-19 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $15.992025-08-25 — best price $10.392025-11-03 — best price $15.992025-11-20 — best price $15.992025-12-13 — best price $12.142026-01-13 — best price $12.482026-03-19 — best price $5.752026-04-17 — best price $12.142026-05-07 — best price $10.302026-05-20 — best price $6.332026-06-06 — best price $7.412026-07-09 — best price $15.992026-08-07 — best price $13.482026-08-27 — best price $10.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Turkish, Russian…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ActionHorrorMiningSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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