The Walking Trade
Microwave Games · PlayWay S.A. · 2026-03-05
Modes: Single player
Releases: Mar 05, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))
Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.
Health check
- · 275 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~34/week).
- · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Top 14% of 18,047 Indie games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 2,692 total reviews — how this is computed.
All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-04-24)via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $11.99 · on sale 6 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Price history
Completion
- · 84% of players earned Welcome to Retail Hell
- · 52.6% of players earned Open Floor Plan
- · 0.6% of players earned Satan
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish…
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 1,188 | 3% | 33 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Where its players are
- English38% · 973 reviews
- Russian26% · 659 reviews
- Spanish9% · 239 reviews
- Chinese (Simplified)7% · 173 reviews
- French5% · 116 reviews
Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.
Census log
- 2026-03-05First review activity on record (week of 2026-03-05).
- 2026-03-05Biggest review week on record: 622 reviews (week of 2026-03-05).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
Recent updates
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Similarity via IGDB.