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VEIN cover art

VEIN

Ramjet Studios · 2025-10-24

Steam

ActionRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 24, 2025 (Linux), Oct 24, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

88%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,093 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~137/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 240k–541k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,013 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20252026Week of 2025-10-24: 1,320 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 154 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 1,255 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 792 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 546 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 696 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 495 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 348 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$15.992025-10-242026-07-092025-10-24 — best price $17.992025-11-02 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $16.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Russian, French, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Where its players are

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

Census log

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

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