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Unturned

Smartly Dressed Games · 2017-07-07

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Nov 12, 2020 (Xbox One), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 07, 2017 (Linux), Jul 07, 2017 (Mac), Mar 21, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.

Unturned is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000,000 .. 100,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 564632 reviews).

8,993
playing now
91%
positive of 565k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000,000–100,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
IGDB user rating (179 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (302 downloads)
3.41★
PlayStation Store rating (3,681 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

8,993 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Unturned is a free-to-play open world zombie survival sandbox game by Smartly Dressed Games, a studio consisting of Canadian game designer Nelson Sexton and a community administrator who goes by "MoltonMontro". It was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in early access on July 7, 2014. The full game released three years later, on July 17, 2017. Unturned allows players to create custom maps using an in-game editor. Cosmetics and mods can also be created using the game's Unity engine, which allows them to publish creations on the Steam Workshop. A retail version of the game was released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One by 505 Games in November 2020. It was later ported to Nintendo Switch on March 21, 2024.

Trailer

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≈961,425 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8,993 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,893 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,362/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 2 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 2,267 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 447 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,799 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2,012 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,135 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,075 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 455 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,757 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,441 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,373 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,337 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,633 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,863 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,436 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,263 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,435 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3,732 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 446 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4,433 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 548 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,427 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,039 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,931 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10,622 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 435 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7,851 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7,003 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 389 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6,466 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 454 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7,519 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 501 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7,467 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 549 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5,788 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 502 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4,677 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 454 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5,120 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 420 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4,876 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,792 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3,897 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5,333 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4,938 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5,986 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 507 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5,371 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 423 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5,369 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 443 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4,756 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 423 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5,045 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 436 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4,675 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 422 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5,102 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 484 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5,054 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 447 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3,730 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4,012 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,618 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4,262 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,989 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 508 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,926 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 411 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,755 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,665 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,367 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,809 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 449 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4,073 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 392 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3,740 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,750 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,884 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,910 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,934 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 388 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,086 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 457 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3,093 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,053 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,828 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,948 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,383 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 412 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,943 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 448 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,226 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 416 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,467 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,686 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,511 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,845 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,977 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,430 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,317 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,029 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,151 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,588 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 362 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,549 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 331 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,538 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,642 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,651 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,363 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,257 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,220 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,680 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 637 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,739 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 598 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,467 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,370 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,383 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,331 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,232 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,148 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,292 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,989 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,182 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,327 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,111 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,775 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,167 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,039 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 52 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16k8.2k2026-09-15 11:00 — 14,216 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 14,144 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 11,913 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 14,901 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 15,044 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 10,005 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 8,223 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 15,286 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 13,649 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 13,814 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 13,704 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 8,288 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 13,516 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8,641 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 12,957 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 12,365 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 12,321 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 11,211 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 12,446 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 14,065 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 13,904 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 10,452 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 12,303 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 8,993 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
67k4Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 4 · peak 20Oct 2014 — avg 8,911 · peak 20,208Feb 2015 — avg 9,410 · peak 17,570Jun 2015 — avg 12,163 · peak 19,518Oct 2015 — avg 18,497 · peak 36,178Feb 2016 — avg 20,994 · peak 40,166Jun 2016 — avg 24,151 · peak 38,486Oct 2016 — avg 22,850 · peak 48,001Feb 2017 — avg 22,151 · peak 42,677Jun 2017 — avg 18,580 · peak 29,466Oct 2017 — avg 14,994 · peak 31,647Feb 2018 — avg 13,553 · peak 25,783Jun 2018 — avg 13,919 · peak 20,832Oct 2018 — avg 11,582 · peak 21,804Feb 2019 — avg 16,353 · peak 30,621Jun 2019 — avg 12,093 · peak 17,004Oct 2019 — avg 15,674 · peak 47,500Feb 2020 — avg 19,753 · peak 33,921Jun 2020 — avg 22,065 · peak 33,699Oct 2020 — avg 22,262 · peak 36,561Feb 2021 — avg 23,556 · peak 50,209Jun 2021 — avg 23,864 · peak 32,713Oct 2021 — avg 24,531 · peak 33,361Feb 2022 — avg 32,418 · peak 46,477Jun 2022 — avg 32,857 · peak 56,376Oct 2022 — avg 52,564 · peak 92,850Feb 2023 — avg 61,188 · peak 102,075Jun 2023 — avg 55,537 · peak 69,271Oct 2023 — avg 49,477 · peak 61,493Feb 2024 — avg 51,701 · peak 62,022Jun 2024 — avg 35,274 · peak 65,056Oct 2024 — avg 14,712 · peak 20,863Feb 2025 — avg 14,092 · peak 21,637Jun 2025 — avg 12,007 · peak 20,845Oct 2025 — avg 11,014 · peak 16,526Feb 2026 — avg 9,431 · peak 13,536Jun 2026 — avg 12,984 · peak 17,902Aug 2026 — avg 14,371 · peak 21,382
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
28282026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 21 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 22 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 15 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new negative2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 21 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 28 new positive2026-10-06: 10 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-10: 11 new negative2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $24.992026-09-09 — best price $24.992026-09-16 — best price $12.492026-09-23 — best price $12.492026-09-30 — best price $24.992026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

224452026-06-01 — 89 pageviews2026-06-05 — 82 pageviews2026-06-09 — 64 pageviews2026-06-13 — 65 pageviews2026-06-17 — 64 pageviews2026-06-21 — 69 pageviews2026-06-25 — 54 pageviews2026-06-29 — 54 pageviews2026-07-03 — 57 pageviews2026-07-07 — 224 pageviews2026-07-11 — 89 pageviews2026-07-15 — 85 pageviews2026-07-19 — 76 pageviews2026-07-23 — 106 pageviews2026-07-27 — 78 pageviews2026-07-31 — 77 pageviews2026-08-04 — 77 pageviews2026-08-08 — 123 pageviews2026-08-12 — 68 pageviews2026-08-16 — 97 pageviews2026-08-20 — 63 pageviews2026-08-24 — 69 pageviews2026-08-28 — 65 pageviews2026-09-01 — 61 pageviews2026-09-05 — 64 pageviews2026-09-09 — 69 pageviews2026-09-13 — 61 pageviews2026-09-17 — 52 pageviews2026-09-21 — 79 pageviews2026-09-25 — 62 pageviews2026-09-29 — 70 pageviews2026-10-03 — 83 pageviews2026-10-07 — 75 pageviews2026-10-10 — 59 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2702026-10-01 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
48.6%
earned "Schooled"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-07-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)212,4980%95
PS4 (PlayStation)13,8291%39
PS4 (PlayStation)9,5032%39
Xbox One (Xbox)2,2562%35
Switch (Nintendo)40%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

FPSCo-opSandboxShooterZombiesCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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