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The Survivalists

Team17 · 2020-10-09

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 09, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 09, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 09, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 08, 2020 (iOS), Oct 08, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

The Survivalists is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 10120 reviews).

30
playing now
76%
positive of 10k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (1,567 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

The Survivalists is a 2020 sandbox survival video game developed and published by Team17. It was released for iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, tvOS, Windows and Xbox One on 9 October 2020.

Trailer

The Survivalists trailer thumbnail

The Survivalists - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 366 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~46/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 202k–455k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,120 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$4.51-82%
Microsoft Store$4.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.37 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 142 of 178 observed days · $3.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49849820202026Week of 2020-10-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

95192026-09-15 13:00 — 57 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 31 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 48 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 68 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 50 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 36 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 30 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 52 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 28 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 27 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 56 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 32 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 34 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 55 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 61 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 95 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 39 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 52 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
83249Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 654 · peak 3,518Dec 2020 — avg 192 · peak 436Feb 2021 — avg 127 · peak 294Apr 2021 — avg 49 · peak 109Jun 2021 — avg 125 · peak 398Aug 2021 — avg 370 · peak 2,203Oct 2021 — avg 226 · peak 697Dec 2021 — avg 504 · peak 1,184Feb 2022 — avg 189 · peak 492Apr 2022 — avg 241 · peak 1,040Jun 2022 — avg 144 · peak 353Aug 2022 — avg 121 · peak 371Oct 2022 — avg 221 · peak 862Dec 2022 — avg 167 · peak 335Feb 2023 — avg 78 · peak 208Apr 2023 — avg 76 · peak 199Jun 2023 — avg 135 · peak 490Aug 2023 — avg 149 · peak 452Oct 2023 — avg 112 · peak 385Dec 2023 — avg 216 · peak 737Feb 2024 — avg 253 · peak 967Apr 2024 — avg 234 · peak 929Jun 2024 — avg 377 · peak 1,516Aug 2024 — avg 250 · peak 1,692Oct 2024 — avg 439 · peak 1,817Dec 2024 — avg 249 · peak 615Feb 2025 — avg 99 · peak 465Apr 2025 — avg 108 · peak 227Jun 2025 — avg 197 · peak 696Aug 2025 — avg 160 · peak 381Oct 2025 — avg 134 · peak 291Dec 2025 — avg 150 · peak 299Feb 2026 — avg 71 · peak 150Apr 2026 — avg 67 · peak 160Jun 2026 — avg 62 · peak 130Aug 2026 — avg 71 · peak 162
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.702020-07-282026-10-142020-07-28 — best price $24.992020-10-20 — best price $24.992020-12-22 — best price $18.742021-02-27 — best price $21.132021-05-06 — best price $21.132021-07-03 — best price $20.702021-09-22 — best price $8.492021-11-22 — best price $7.492022-01-27 — best price $6.242022-03-21 — best price $6.242022-05-26 — best price $21.132022-08-09 — best price $6.252022-10-22 — best price $24.992023-01-12 — best price $22.622023-05-08 — best price $6.242023-07-31 — best price $22.492023-11-17 — best price $5.212024-01-21 — best price $23.252024-03-22 — best price $20.992024-06-11 — best price $24.082024-08-10 — best price $24.992024-09-28 — best price $1.932024-11-28 — best price $1.752025-01-16 — best price $20.992025-03-28 — best price $1.782025-06-24 — best price $23.252025-08-25 — best price $2.492025-10-19 — best price $2.372026-01-08 — best price $20.722026-03-08 — best price $20.992026-05-08 — best price $24.082026-07-14 — best price $24.252026-09-06 — best price $4.352026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6102026-05-21 — 1 pageviews2026-05-27 — 0 pageviews2026-06-01 — 0 pageviews2026-06-05 — 0 pageviews2026-06-09 — 0 pageviews2026-06-13 — 61 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-29 — 25 pageviews2026-07-03 — 14 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 34 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 15 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-12 — 61 pageviews2026-08-16 — 33 pageviews2026-08-20 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 32 pageviews2026-08-28 — 33 pageviews2026-09-01 — 28 pageviews2026-09-05 — 29 pageviews2026-09-09 — 22 pageviews2026-09-13 — 46 pageviews2026-09-17 — 29 pageviews2026-09-21 — 20 pageviews2026-09-25 — 33 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 26 pageviews2026-10-07 — 23 pageviews2026-10-11 — 56 pageviews2026-10-13 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
94.4%
earned "Gone Wild"
27.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2020-10-09, latest 2026-03-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,3973%42
PS4 (PlayStation)6,5049%43
Xbox One (Xbox)2,7823%42
Switch (Nintendo)2820%0

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

2DCo-opCasualSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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