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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?

89
playing now
76%
positive of 10k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 89 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 11% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 202k–454k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,083 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.29-83%
Humble Store$4.99-80%
WinGameStore$4.99-80%
Microsoft Store$4.99-80%
GamersGate$5.00-80%
Steam$5.39-80%

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 133 of 175 observed days (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

12602026-08-07 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 58 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 76 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 58 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 53 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 49 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 114 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 75 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 77 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 91 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 65 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 104 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 104 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 62 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 61 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 89 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 89 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.702020-07-282026-08-262020-07-28 — best price $24.992020-10-10 — best price $24.992020-11-22 — best price $22.392021-01-31 — best price $21.132021-03-29 — best price $24.992021-05-13 — best price $12.492021-07-03 — best price $20.702021-09-06 — best price $24.992021-11-05 — best price $22.492021-12-17 — best price $5.292022-02-11 — best price $22.492022-03-28 — best price $6.242022-05-26 — best price $21.132022-08-01 — best price $6.242022-09-30 — best price $5.232022-12-05 — best price $5.752023-02-24 — best price $5.492023-05-23 — best price $5.882023-07-31 — best price $22.492023-11-01 — best price $5.492024-01-01 — best price $23.252024-02-19 — best price $20.992024-04-19 — best price $4.922024-06-30 — best price $21.242024-08-10 — best price $24.992024-09-19 — best price $2.502024-11-11 — best price $1.992024-12-25 — best price $24.992025-02-15 — best price $2.052025-04-03 — best price $4.492025-06-24 — best price $23.252025-08-19 — best price $2.372025-10-03 — best price $2.502025-11-29 — best price $2.092026-01-31 — best price $21.492026-03-18 — best price $2.382026-05-08 — best price $24.082026-07-02 — best price $24.992026-08-15 — best price $4.992026-08-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

15702026-05-21 — 1 pageviews2026-05-26 — 1 pageviews2026-05-30 — 1 pageviews2026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 0 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-23 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 13 pageviews2026-06-29 — 25 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 26 pageviews2026-07-08 — 23 pageviews2026-07-11 — 19 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-17 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 21 pageviews2026-07-29 — 20 pageviews2026-08-01 — 23 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 27 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 28 pageviews2026-08-16 — 33 pageviews2026-08-19 — 21 pageviews2026-08-22 — 25 pageviews2026-08-24 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

402026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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…

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.

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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