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XERA: Survival

Spotted Kiwi Interactive · 2021-09-26

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ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategyFree To Play

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

Releases: May 24, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…

XERA: Survival is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2021, free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 7941 reviews).

7
playing now
66%
positive of 7.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
283h
time to beat (IGDB)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

2022: The Dawn The era of AI has arrived. The world is in chaos after a prototype combat robot - banned by law and awaiting secure destruction by Xera Corporation - became self-aware, escaped and began replication. Failed attempts to remotely shut down the AI simply triggered a war that humanity could not afford to lose. Nation turned on nation in a fight for control over resources to defend against the robots. With the attention of the world’s military elsewhere, disenfranchised operatives have gathered to ransack what was left of the Xera Corporation’s facilities, setting up two forward op(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

XERA: Survival trailer thumbnail

XERA: Survival - Cinematic Trailer | PC

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 175 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,233 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2021-06-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
98698620192026Week of 2019-05-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 615 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 418 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3172026-09-15 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 16 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k2May 2019Aug 2026May 2019 — avg 932 · peak 1,728Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2019 — avg 18 · peak 81Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 20 · peak 119Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2020 — avg 75 · peak 580Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 38May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 35Aug 2021 — avg 431 · peak 1,098Nov 2021 — avg 521 · peak 1,001Feb 2022 — avg 138 · peak 255May 2022 — avg 135 · peak 439Aug 2022 — avg 131 · peak 251Nov 2022 — avg 82 · peak 189Feb 2023 — avg 86 · peak 157May 2023 — avg 78 · peak 139Aug 2023 — avg 71 · peak 202Nov 2023 — avg 90 · peak 198Feb 2024 — avg 80 · peak 292May 2024 — avg 90 · peak 304Aug 2024 — avg 96 · peak 191Nov 2024 — avg 57 · peak 125Feb 2025 — avg 58 · peak 113May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 80Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 84Nov 2025 — avg 32 · peak 70Feb 2026 — avg 27 · peak 85May 2026 — avg 34 · peak 71Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 44
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-05-252021-07-082019-05-25 — best price $19.992019-06-29 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-10-17 — best price $5.002019-10-22 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $11.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $15.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-05-23 — best price $7.992020-06-02 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-10-23 — best price $9.992020-11-01 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $11.992020-11-20 — best price $5.002020-11-22 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $6.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-27 — best price $17.992021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-06-28 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Thai

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSActionRobotsSandboxShooterBuildingCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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