The Game Census
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Zomborg

GameDevLab · GrabTheGames · 2017-11-10

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ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 10, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 01, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 01, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 01, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 01, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

It is the year 2000, and the United Nations has established several quarantine zones around the world to stem the tide of an unknown virus pandemic. The United Nations called upon a private military company, highly skilled mercenaries to retrieve the data and uncover the secret of the zone.

4
playing now
52%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 32k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,286 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Fanatical (2026-01-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 50 of 72 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1412026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002024-02-112026-08-262024-02-11 — best price $0.992024-03-09 — best price $0.692024-03-31 — best price $3.662024-05-01 — best price $0.792024-06-27 — best price $0.692024-07-31 — best price $4.992024-08-09 — best price $4.992024-09-08 — best price $0.692024-10-23 — best price $0.692024-11-21 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $0.692025-01-17 — best price $1.242025-03-03 — best price $0.822025-04-16 — best price $0.692025-06-03 — best price $3.662025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-08-06 — best price $0.992025-09-05 — best price $0.542025-09-29 — best price $0.692025-10-20 — best price $4.992025-11-06 — best price $0.502025-11-28 — best price $0.742026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-26 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $0.422026-03-09 — best price $0.392026-04-06 — best price $1.992026-05-07 — best price $0.742026-06-04 — best price $0.592026-06-19 — best price $0.392026-07-12 — best price $3.732026-08-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
87.6%
earned "Beginner"
13%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Thai, Norwegian, Italian, German, Greek, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,37918%21
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)59086%11
PS5 (PlayStation)35495%12
PS4 (PlayStation)34194%12
PS4 (PlayStation)20397%12
PS5 (PlayStation)19495%12
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

DarkIndieActionRobotsShooterViolentZombiesStrategyAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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