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Unalive

RandomSpin · RandomSpin · 2017-01-05

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unalive is an action adventure roguelike game. Randomly generated laboratory rooms. Collect unique items to improve your abilities. Kill bosses and stay alive. You have only one chance!

Unalive is a 2017 Action, Indie game priced at $4.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (72% of 386 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

2
playing now
72%
positive of 386 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 129 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 706% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.7k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 386 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.29 at IndieGala Store (2018-01-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820172026Week of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4480Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 45 · peak 1,044Jul 2017 — avg 258 · peak 1,235Oct 2017 — avg 104 · peak 835Jan 2018 — avg 103 · peak 1,462Apr 2018 — avg 27 · peak 329Jul 2018 — avg 14 · peak 171Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 9 · peak 75Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 32Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Jun 2022 — avg 184 · peak 741Sep 2022 — avg 21 · peak 101Dec 2022 — avg 64 · peak 917Mar 2023 — avg 35 · peak 808Jun 2023 — avg 124 · peak 2,822Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 88Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 54 · peak 950Dec 2024 — avg 276 · peak 819Mar 2025 — avg 54 · peak 173Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 142Jun 2026 — avg 169 · peak 2,857Aug 2026 — avg 47 · peak 347
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.292017-01-052026-08-052017-01-05 — best price $5.942017-03-12 — best price $2.992017-03-22 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-09-25 — best price $0.492017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-02-15 — best price $0.492018-02-27 — best price $9.992018-04-10 — best price $1.992018-06-18 — best price $0.392018-07-06 — best price $1.992018-10-08 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-08-22 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-02-27 — best price $1.992023-04-10 — best price $1.992023-06-28 — best price $1.992023-08-11 — best price $1.992023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-02-21 — best price $0.492024-04-21 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-09-22 — best price $0.492024-11-28 — best price $0.492025-02-07 — best price $0.492025-03-24 — best price $0.492025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-07 — best price $0.492025-10-22 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-01 — best price $0.492026-04-14 — best price $0.492026-07-22 — best price $0.742026-08-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
2.3%
earned "Rich Man"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)49169%7

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

Player tags

IndieActionRogue-likePerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.