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Extinction Day

Extinction Day

End humanity using disasters, plagues, and war. Spread chaos worldwide, combine catastrophic events, and stop them before they escape to the Ark.

Released Apr 10, 2026 Developer DryGin Studios Platforms Windows Outbreak SimReal-Time with PauseSimulationGod GameResource Management
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

76.0%positive221 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Rating: 15+ (Mature Themes not suitable for younger audiences) Parental Notice: Play it yourself before you hand over the controls, this could be too much for the 12+ Category. Graphics: Not quite Toaster Compatible, but runs OK on a SteamDeck using a 4K Monitor as a Peripheral.…”

— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“A huge fan of Bio Inc so was super excited when the devs started this, it's a very tentative thumbs up because there is a lot of potential here. It's different enough from Plague Inc that you'll have a good time but the mechanics of it all seem a bit janky and less polished than…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 14 found this helpful

“I genuinely do not understand why you have to beat stage 2 on every difficulty before moving on to stage 3. I was having a decent time, but doing the same thing over and over again is not interesting. Also, why bother with difficulty settings if they aren't optional? Baffling…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

110all-time peak
0 25 50 34 avg · Apr 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

23achievements
17.6%median completion
0.5%rarest: Challenger
72.3% of players 39.8% of players 39.7% of players 33.8% of players 31.3% of players 31.1% of players 29.3% of players 25.6% of players 25.1% of players 24.1% of players 19.6% of players 17.6% of players 14.9% of players 12.1% of players 8.0% of players 7.2% of players 5.4% of players 4.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 0.5% of players 72.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
72.3%Baby Steps — Complete the Prologue.
39.8%Fast Collapse — Terminate 3 or more regions within 30 days of each other.
39.7%Demolitions Expert — Push back the ARK's progress by 20% or more in a single scenario.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Challenger — Complete all challenges.
1.2%Feels Like Bio Inc — Start with Respiratory Outbreak and Parasite in the same region.
1.2%Evil Residents — Start with Zombie Outbreak and Parasite in the same region.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 28, 2026
Achievements + Disaster deployment fix

-Fixed an issue with the achievement manager that would prevent achievements for being awarded or that would award achievement even if you lost a scenario (when the achievement required you to win tha

May 22, 2026
Extinction Day: Community Feedback Update is now live!

Over the past 5 weeks we have been listening closely to your feedback and focusing on the biggest issues reported since launch. This update is one of our biggest so far and heavily focuses on onboardi

Apr 22, 2026
Update #2 is now live.

Hey, we keep listening to your feedback and improving the game. Update #2 is here with balance changes, UI improvements, and stability fixes. Balance Changes • Moral Decay now removes 1% of Ark progre

Apr 18, 2026
Hotfix to prevent crashes and Warfare balance update.

Hotfix (v1.0.310.724) Bug Fixes -Added additional safeguards to prevent game crashes Balance Changes -Adjusted Warfare (Chapter 2) Blood requirements for expansion by approximately 10–15%

Apr 16, 2026
Hotfix Patch – Bug Fixes and Improvements

Hotfix Changes Balance Mission 10: Increased the number of Souls available in territories Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where Out of Energy disasters would not resume after Energy was freed up Fixed a bug

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsOutbreak Sim · Real-Time with Pause · Simulation · God Game · Resource Management · Sandbox · Political Sim · Management · Dystopian · Destruction · Grand Strategy · Dark (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Simplified Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil *
Achievements23
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit) Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5-8400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD RX 550 4 GB VRAM / NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti 4 GB VRAM Storage: 2 GB available space