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The Wild Eight cover art

The Wild Eight

Eight Points · HypeTrain Digital · 2019-10-03

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 09, 2021 (Xbox One), Feb 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 09, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

14
playing now
68%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Wild Eight is a survival game developed by Eight Points and published by HypeTrain Digital. Players control people stranded in the harsh wilderness of Alaska and must cooperate to survive.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 132 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 203k–487k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,110 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2023-07-11) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 120 of 172 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28128120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3322026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 33 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$27.13$1.492017-02-082026-08-282017-02-08 — best price $19.992018-02-26 — best price $13.392019-02-04 — best price $12.992019-10-21 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $24.992021-02-01 — best price $12.492021-08-18 — best price $23.962022-02-12 — best price $24.992022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-12-04 — best price $19.882023-03-18 — best price $24.992023-05-24 — best price $3.512023-08-07 — best price $3.242023-11-16 — best price $27.132023-12-28 — best price $24.992024-02-20 — best price $3.752024-04-15 — best price $19.812024-05-30 — best price $18.362024-07-08 — best price $17.992024-08-17 — best price $23.142024-10-10 — best price $2.492024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-01-19 — best price $18.362025-04-19 — best price $1.992025-06-09 — best price $17.992025-07-20 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $1.912025-11-21 — best price $2.482026-02-19 — best price $3.742026-04-25 — best price $21.802026-05-19 — best price $21.802026-06-13 — best price $20.722026-07-09 — best price $2.152026-07-30 — best price $2.272026-08-21 — best price $18.712026-08-28 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1722026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
66.7%
earned "The Crash Was Just The Beginning"
24.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,2493%25
Xbox One (Xbox)1406%18
PS4 (PlayStation)1091%13

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionMysterySandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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