ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulation
Survive the Nights
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 65% positive of 6,832
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 7h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 84% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 6,885 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 11.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (84.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (89)
story milestone ending side
- It's an Ugly Business Kill your first zombie 100%
- Gone Gather’n Find something to burn 95%
- Harvest Time Harvest a few pieces of cloth 95%
- Gone Scrap’n Find scrap metal in the world 94%
- Fire Starter Start your first fire 87%
- Liquid Gold Find a source of hydration 84%
- Dinner is Served Cook your first meal 84%
- First Gulp Have your first drink 82%
- Locked and Loaded Find a yourself a gun 82%
- Craft Bandages Craft bandages from clean rags 81%
- One Dozen Dead Kill 12 zombies 81%
- Feel the Warmth Heal by standing near a fire 80%
- Craft a Canteen Craft a canteen using scrap metal 78%
- Survive the Night Survive your first night 76%
- Make it Clean Purify dirty water making it safe to drink 73%
- Make Your Bed Craft a sleeping bag 73%
- Boom Headshot Take a zombie out with a headshot 72%
- Craft Nails Craft nails for planks and fortifications 70%
- Let Me Axe You Something Craft an axe or hatchet 68%
- Batter Up Craft a defense weapon 65%
- Nifty Fifty Kill 50 zombies 65%
- Getting around Place a map marker 63%
- No Batteries Included Find AA batteries 63%
- That's Gonna Leave a Mark Take fall damage 63%
- No Place Like Home Set your home location for the first time. 63%
- Timber! Fell a tree 61%
- Dream Ride Get your first set of wheels 59%
- It's Alive Start a vehicle 55%
- Survive 2 Nights Survive 2 nights in one life 53%
- Boards Boards Boards Craft a plank 53%
- Dinner is Served Cook your first meal 51%
- 10*10 Kill 100 zombies 50%
- Fuel Up Craft your first fuel storage 49%
- Smash It! Craft a hammer 47%
- ROADKILL Run a zombie over 47%
- Getting Stronger Overall health increased. 47%
- Hand Vice Find a pair of Pliers 46%
- First Horde Survive the First Horde 45%
- Hunting for Dinner Take out your first animal 45%
- Feeling Safer Place a plank on a window 45%
- Farming First Get seeds 43%
- Get Screws Find a box of screws 42%
- Let There Be LIGHT Light a club on fire 41%
- Quantity Over Quality Pickup an extended mag attachment 39%
- Time to Build Chop up a fallen tree 39%
- Prime Cut Harvest from a dead animal 38%
- Survive 4 Nights Survive 4 nights in one life 37%
- Place a Barricade This should help out! 37%
- Add Some Nails Fully strengthen a fortification 36%
- Craft a Barricade Secure your surroundings 35%
- Turning Pro Kill 250 zombies 34%
- Accessories Use an attachment 31%
- Medication Time Take your first dose of medicine 30%
- Time to Grill Craft a campfire cooking grill 28%
- One Week Down Survive 7 nights in one life 28%
- Medium Well Please Cook a piece of meat over a fire 25%
- Electrics On Me Find a generator 25%
- Stews Up Create a stew 23%
- Half Way to a G Kill 500 zombies 21%
- Keep it Clean Use a cleaning kit 19%
- Welcome to Addersfield Airport Visit the airfield entrance 18%
- I'm a Mechanic! Repair your vehicle 18%
- One Month Down Survive 28 nights in one life 18%
- MOAR POWER! Start a generator 17%
- All Safe and Sound Secure a door 16%
- Lights, Something, Action! Power a structure 15%
- A Grand Achievement Kill 1000 zombies 14%
- Make it Clean Craft a cleaning kit 14%
- Welcome to Addersfield Visit the Addersfield sign 14%
- Winner Winner Consume a chicken 13%
- That's My Lock Craft a lock kit 12%
- Welcome to Sage Creek Visit the Sage Creek sign 11%
- Woop Woop Start a police pickup 11%
- This is My House and I Have to Defend It! Set a trap 9.9%
- Ground Breaker Plant a seed in a hole you've dug with a shovel. 9.7%
- Enter the Air Control Tower Reach the top of the air control tower 9.2%
- Salvation Lies Within… Lower the black ridge bridge 7.9%
- Welcome to Union Point Visit the Union Point sign 7.7%
- Welcome to Bitterhold Visit the Bitterhold sign 6.7%
- Welcome to Oldtown Visit the Oldtown sign 6.7%
- Two Weeks Down Survive 14 nights in one life 5.8%
- Trapping Ain't Easy Craft a trap 5.2%
- Harvest Season Harvest full grown plant 4.4%
- Welcome to Black Rock Visit the Black Rock sign 4.0%
- Full Pot Create max calorie stew 3.7%
- 5 Star Dining Create a stew with fresh vegetables and meat. 3.3%
- Gotcha! Trap a zombie with a bear trap 1.9%
- I Can See My House From Here Visit Mount Baron's peak 1.9%
- Choke a Chicken Kill a chicken with a bear trap 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.