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Z Dawn

GoldenGod Games · 2019-12-06

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Z Dawn is a 2019 Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 292 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

3
playing now
73%
positive of 292 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 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 21% of 49,583 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.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 30 of 59 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

1302026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
300Jun 2018Jul 2026Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 18 · peak 100Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 63Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 55Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 53Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 50Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 120

▼ −20 avg players (−66.5%) vs prior month — Jul 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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