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The Surge 2 cover art

The Surge 2

Deck13 · Focus Entertainment · 2019-09-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

53
playing now
75%
positive of 9.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (46 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

53 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 53 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 11% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 239k–573k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,554 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-90%
Humble Store$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-90%
GamersGate$4.50-85%
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 99 of 144 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

109292026-08-06 22:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 92 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 90 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 74 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 109 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 61 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 65 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 65 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 49 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 58 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 58 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 60 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 38 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 62 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 53 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$2.952019-06-042026-08-302019-06-04 — 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 $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

117222026-05-31 — 50 pageviews2026-06-03 — 40 pageviews2026-06-06 — 51 pageviews2026-06-09 — 44 pageviews2026-06-12 — 55 pageviews2026-06-15 — 46 pageviews2026-06-18 — 41 pageviews2026-06-21 — 47 pageviews2026-06-24 — 39 pageviews2026-06-27 — 38 pageviews2026-06-30 — 38 pageviews2026-07-03 — 55 pageviews2026-07-06 — 52 pageviews2026-07-09 — 60 pageviews2026-07-12 — 33 pageviews2026-07-15 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 55 pageviews2026-07-21 — 60 pageviews2026-07-24 — 51 pageviews2026-07-27 — 87 pageviews2026-07-30 — 68 pageviews2026-08-02 — 50 pageviews2026-08-05 — 48 pageviews2026-08-08 — 50 pageviews2026-08-11 — 54 pageviews2026-08-14 — 51 pageviews2026-08-17 — 69 pageviews2026-08-20 — 55 pageviews2026-08-23 — 52 pageviews2026-08-26 — 46 pageviews2026-08-28 — 40 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

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.

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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