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Wasting Away

Creepy Crew · Kajak Games · 2021-10-27

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Retro horror 3D game tells a gloomy story of the Vainonmiel camping destination. It used to be popular, until some of the visitors started disappearing without a trace. Can the Reporter survive and keep his job, or will he get arrested or fall victim to the mysterious killer of Vainonmiel?

Wasting Away is an Action and Indie game released in 2021, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 15 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
60%
positive of 15 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-11 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 86% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2021-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320212026Week of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
94%
earned "Arrested"
78.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DDarkGore1980sRetroActionCombatHorrorNatureMystery

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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