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The Last of Us™ Part I cover art

The Last of Us™ Part I

Naughty Dog LLC · PlayStation Publishing LLC · 2023-03-28

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: The Last of Us · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 02, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.

1,519
playing now
84%
positive of 108k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
133
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
93/100
IGDB user rating (804 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 21h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

1,519 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

The Last of Us Part I is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. A remake of the 2013 game The Last of Us, it features revised gameplay, including enhanced combat and exploration, and expanded accessibility options. Players control Joel, who is tasked with escorting the young Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States and defend her against cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. The game includes a remake of the 2014 expansion pack, The Last of Us: Left Behind, which follows Ellie and her best friend Riley.

Trailer

The Last of Us™ Part I trailer thumbnail

The Last of Us Part I - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈448,760 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,519 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,837 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,355/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.2M–4.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108,267 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $22.94 at GameBillet (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 51 of 74 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.7k6.7k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 4,429 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6,729 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4,747 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,716 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,019 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 356 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,987 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,112 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 903 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,338 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,392 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,264 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,957 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,765 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,674 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,635 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,395 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,894 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,490 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,561 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,478 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,742 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.3k8592026-08-06 21:00 — 1,493 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 955 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,681 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,669 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,140 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,987 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,871 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,270 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,331 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,985 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 965 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,806 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,543 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 948 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,759 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,473 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 859 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,985 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 2,231 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 981 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,412 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,868 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,343 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,704 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,969 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,183 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,158 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,923 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,519 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$22.942022-12-092026-08-152022-12-09 — best price $59.992022-12-23 — best price $53.932023-02-23 — best price $51.902023-03-14 — best price $54.832023-04-10 — best price $51.492023-07-01 — best price $59.992023-09-08 — best price $43.792023-11-02 — best price $51.492023-11-29 — best price $39.992023-12-26 — best price $33.902024-01-23 — best price $59.992024-03-08 — best price $45.992024-04-04 — best price $52.152024-05-10 — best price $40.192024-06-11 — best price $52.152024-07-13 — best price $52.152024-08-19 — best price $45.992024-09-15 — best price $52.152024-10-25 — best price $54.992024-11-08 — best price $35.992024-12-04 — best price $36.952024-12-19 — best price $22.942025-01-09 — best price $59.992025-03-18 — best price $59.992025-05-26 — best price $23.302025-06-26 — best price $23.322025-08-25 — best price $23.322025-09-29 — best price $22.992025-11-19 — best price $59.992025-12-18 — best price $23.322026-01-06 — best price $59.992026-02-23 — best price $29.952026-03-26 — best price $30.002026-05-29 — best price $59.992026-07-09 — best price $30.002026-08-08 — best price $52.152026-08-15 — best price $52.15
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5483592026-05-30 — 412 pageviews2026-06-02 — 494 pageviews2026-06-05 — 501 pageviews2026-06-08 — 541 pageviews2026-06-11 — 420 pageviews2026-06-14 — 514 pageviews2026-06-17 — 449 pageviews2026-06-20 — 450 pageviews2026-06-23 — 389 pageviews2026-06-26 — 503 pageviews2026-06-29 — 524 pageviews2026-07-02 — 484 pageviews2026-07-05 — 548 pageviews2026-07-08 — 530 pageviews2026-07-11 — 415 pageviews2026-07-14 — 402 pageviews2026-07-17 — 444 pageviews2026-07-20 — 384 pageviews2026-07-23 — 365 pageviews2026-07-26 — 461 pageviews2026-07-29 — 443 pageviews2026-08-01 — 410 pageviews2026-08-04 — 421 pageviews2026-08-07 — 405 pageviews2026-08-10 — 459 pageviews2026-08-13 — 422 pageviews2026-08-16 — 467 pageviews2026-08-19 — 534 pageviews2026-08-22 — 455 pageviews2026-08-25 — 450 pageviews2026-08-27 — 442 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

38k482026-08-16 20:12 — 35,870 viewers2026-08-16 23:12 — 22,453 viewers2026-08-17 02:12 — 15,471 viewers2026-08-17 05:12 — 16,364 viewers2026-08-18 20:12 — 35,596 viewers2026-08-18 23:12 — 37,946 viewers2026-08-19 02:12 — 34,307 viewers2026-08-19 15:12 — 19,481 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 218 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 108 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 141 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 131 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 163 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 845 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 118 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 207 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 246 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 160 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 610 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 97 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 133 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "Fallen Firefly"
20.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad Recommended

24 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Greek, French, German, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ActionHorrorShooterZombiesSurvivalAdventureCinematicEmotionalStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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