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The Purge Day cover art

The Purge Day

Red Limb Studio · 2016-11-25

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Purge Day is the first person narrative, immersive horror shooter designed exclusively for VR. Choose your weapon and fight against alien swarm in Asian agglomeration.

The Purge Day is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 56 reviews).

0
playing now
61%
positive of 56 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.50 at Steam (2018-03-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 14 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 23 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.502016-11-252026-07-272016-11-25 — best price $2.542017-04-05 — best price $2.392017-07-31 — best price $1.492017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-03-19 — best price $0.502018-05-21 — best price $1.492018-08-13 — best price $0.922018-10-29 — best price $2.992019-01-04 — best price $2.992019-07-29 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-03-23 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-08-06 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-05-09 — best price $2.992022-07-25 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-02-27 — best price $2.992023-04-17 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-13 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-16 — best price $2.992025-08-11 — best price $2.992025-11-10 — best price $2.992026-02-02 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
2.2%
earned "That’s how it works"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRDarkIndieActionAliensDemonsHorrorViolentBullet TimeFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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