The Game Census
Z Dawn cover art

Z Dawn

GoldenGod Games · 2019-12-06

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 06, 2019 (Mac), Dec 06, 2019 (Linux)

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

2
playing now
73%
positive of 292 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.3k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 292 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 36 of 70 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420182026Week of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992018-06-162026-08-172018-06-16 — best price $7.992019-01-07 — best price $6.992019-09-09 — best price $6.992019-12-31 — best price $14.992020-02-03 — best price $9.992020-03-22 — best price $9.992020-07-17 — best price $9.992020-09-28 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $5.992021-02-22 — best price $9.992021-05-18 — best price $9.992021-09-13 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-26 — best price $3.992022-07-21 — best price $9.992022-10-06 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-03-08 — best price $4.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-08-06 — best price $9.992023-09-29 — best price $2.402023-11-13 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-10 — best price $9.992024-05-04 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-18 — best price $1.992024-11-30 — best price $9.992025-01-31 — best price $9.992025-03-31 — best price $1.992025-06-16 — best price $9.992025-08-16 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-03 — best price $1.492026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-04-17 — best price $0.992026-06-21 — best price $1.492026-08-17 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
55.2%
earned "I Can Survive"
17.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3906%33

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieBuildingCraftingHex GridStrategySurvivalRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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