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The Surge 2

Deck13 · Focus Entertainment · 2019-09-23

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 24, 2019 (Xbox One)

In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.

The Surge 2 is a 2019 Action and RPG game priced at $29.99, with 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (75% of 9591 reviews).

37
playing now
75%
positive of 9.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (46 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (13k downloads)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (4,706 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Surge 2 is a 2019 action role-playing video game developed by Deck13 Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive, that is the sequel to The Surge. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 24 September 2019, while an Amazon Luna version released on 20 October 2020. It received positive reviews from critics.

Trailer

The Surge 2 trailer thumbnail

The Surge 2 - Launch Trailer

≈844,373 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 586 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 240k–575k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,591 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
Gamesplanet$3.99-87%
GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.95 at GameBillet (2026-03-19) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 130 of 173 observed days · $0.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57257220192026Week of 2019-09-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

94302026-09-15 12:00 — 80 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 78 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 42 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 72 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 94 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 52 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 79 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 50 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 53 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 52 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 48 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 31 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 58 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 47 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 39 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 60 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 41 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 66 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 55 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k46Sep 2019Aug 2026Sep 2019 — avg 2,151 · peak 3,679Dec 2019 — avg 229 · peak 564Mar 2020 — avg 224 · peak 835Jun 2020 — avg 119 · peak 510Sep 2020 — avg 294 · peak 1,155Dec 2020 — avg 109 · peak 232Mar 2021 — avg 70 · peak 152Jun 2021 — avg 77 · peak 176Sep 2021 — avg 172 · peak 597Dec 2021 — avg 96 · peak 192Mar 2022 — avg 81 · peak 255Jun 2022 — avg 59 · peak 124Sep 2022 — avg 103 · peak 256Dec 2022 — avg 117 · peak 361Mar 2023 — avg 79 · peak 179Jun 2023 — avg 64 · peak 185Sep 2023 — avg 84 · peak 207Dec 2023 — avg 68 · peak 127Mar 2024 — avg 83 · peak 161Jun 2024 — avg 56 · peak 148Sep 2024 — avg 63 · peak 140Dec 2024 — avg 60 · peak 117Mar 2025 — avg 58 · peak 118Jun 2025 — avg 66 · peak 156Sep 2025 — avg 60 · peak 152Dec 2025 — avg 56 · peak 118Mar 2026 — avg 62 · peak 136Jun 2026 — avg 76 · peak 197Aug 2026 — avg 59 · peak 138
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$2.952019-06-042026-10-142019-06-04 — best price $44.992019-11-20 — best price $49.992020-02-06 — best price $47.172020-04-19 — best price $21.002020-06-23 — best price $35.892020-09-05 — best price $33.902020-10-29 — best price $35.892020-12-14 — best price $13.992021-02-12 — best price $32.792021-04-12 — best price $11.992021-05-22 — best price $35.892021-08-06 — best price $49.992021-11-09 — best price $9.892022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-04-22 — best price $7.502022-07-05 — best price $7.492022-09-15 — best price $8.992022-11-18 — best price $6.452023-01-20 — best price $6.562023-04-06 — best price $7.492023-06-17 — best price $7.202023-08-31 — best price $29.992023-11-27 — best price $5.252024-02-11 — best price $22.492024-04-23 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-19 — best price $24.892024-12-19 — best price $3.832025-03-08 — best price $29.992025-05-13 — best price $29.992025-08-04 — best price $4.192025-10-24 — best price $4.322026-01-08 — best price $29.092026-03-10 — best price $2.992026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-08-25 — best price $2.992026-09-24 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

72242026-05-31 — 50 pageviews2026-06-04 — 34 pageviews2026-06-08 — 49 pageviews2026-06-12 — 55 pageviews2026-06-16 — 45 pageviews2026-06-20 — 43 pageviews2026-06-24 — 39 pageviews2026-06-28 — 50 pageviews2026-07-02 — 63 pageviews2026-07-06 — 52 pageviews2026-07-10 — 33 pageviews2026-07-14 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 55 pageviews2026-07-22 — 54 pageviews2026-07-26 — 52 pageviews2026-07-30 — 68 pageviews2026-08-03 — 53 pageviews2026-08-07 — 49 pageviews2026-08-11 — 54 pageviews2026-08-15 — 33 pageviews2026-08-19 — 33 pageviews2026-08-23 — 52 pageviews2026-08-27 — 61 pageviews2026-08-31 — 52 pageviews2026-09-04 — 65 pageviews2026-09-08 — 43 pageviews2026-09-12 — 47 pageviews2026-09-16 — 53 pageviews2026-09-20 — 59 pageviews2026-09-24 — 44 pageviews2026-09-28 — 41 pageviews2026-10-02 — 39 pageviews2026-10-06 — 37 pageviews2026-10-09 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "Rigged And Ready"
18.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing7 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2019-09-23, latest 2020-01-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)16,0629%58
Xbox One (Xbox)12,6242%57
Steam (Steam)9,8936%57
Windows (Xbox)2,2612%57

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGGoreMechsActionSci-fiViolentCyberpunkDifficultOpen WorldSouls-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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