The Game Census
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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

The Wild Eight is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2019, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 8119 reviews).

15
playing now
68%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
2.92★
PlayStation Store rating (118 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

The Wild Eight trailer thumbnail

The Wild Eight - Console Release Trailer | PS4

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 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 5% of 27,634 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 203k–487k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,119 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.88-92%
GreenManGaming$2.18-91%
Gamesplanet$2.34-91%
GamersGate$2.50-90%
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 118 of 167 observed days · $0.89 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

3122026-09-14 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 30 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4850Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 139 · peak 308Sep 2017 — avg 54 · peak 144Jan 2018 — avg 97 · peak 324May 2018 — avg 87 · peak 711Sep 2018 — avg 34 · peak 89Jan 2019 — avg 46 · peak 147May 2019 — avg 39 · peak 152Sep 2019 — avg 40 · peak 147Jan 2020 — avg 83 · peak 259May 2020 — avg 58 · peak 209Sep 2020 — avg 28 · peak 77Jan 2021 — avg 42 · peak 155May 2021 — avg 61 · peak 202Sep 2021 — avg 60 · peak 244Jan 2022 — avg 68 · peak 224May 2022 — avg 36 · peak 142Sep 2022 — avg 35 · peak 214Jan 2023 — avg 41 · peak 131May 2023 — avg 41 · peak 186Sep 2023 — avg 26 · peak 119Jan 2024 — avg 28 · peak 91May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 154Sep 2024 — avg 14 · peak 53Jan 2025 — avg 34 · peak 100May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 57Sep 2025 — avg 22 · peak 64Jan 2026 — avg 27 · peak 86May 2026 — avg 15 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 62
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$27.13$1.492017-02-082026-10-142017-02-08 — 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 $18.712026-10-14 — best price $1.88
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1702026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-31 — 8 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 1 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews2026-10-02 — 1 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-02-08, latest 2019-10-03 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionMysterySandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsMiscreatedRising WorldDead AgeTanziaOmensight: Definitive EditionForce of NatureCHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Wikipedia ↗