⚜ SteamCozy

Home / Games / Nation Red

Nation Red

Nation Red

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

Released Sep 3, 2009 Developer DiezelPower Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ZombiesActionIndieTop-Down ShooterOnline Co-Op
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

88.4%positive2,748 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Honestly really enjoyed this one. Constant action, running and gunning , trying to survive. Plus it's very cheap too. Get yourself a buddy and enjoy playing this together.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“🐊 The Reef Recommends You To Try This! 🐊”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The equivalent of choccy milk after a hard week.”

— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played
Read more reviews ↗

Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:46 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1playing at last check
424-hour peak
472all-time peak
0 25 50 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2026 47 avg · Jan 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

145achievements
3.7%median completion
0.5%rarest: Ignition
47.6% of players 38.7% of players 35.9% of players 30.6% of players 29.7% of players 23.8% of players 22.7% of players 19.7% of players 19.6% of players 18.0% of players 17.4% of players 17.3% of players 16.1% of players 14.9% of players 14.0% of players 12.3% of players 11.4% of players 11.0% of players 9.0% of players 8.4% of players 7.7% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.5% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 47.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
47.6%Horde — Kill 50 zombies within a ten second period
40.2%SpeedKiller — Kill any boss within 30 seconds of the boss appearing
38.7%Gunbarrel — Kill the minigun zombie boss
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Ignition — In one game use Remote Detonator to blow up 250 Suicide Bombers
0.6%Popcorn Party — On Cemetery Free Play, use the flamethrower to kill 50 suicide bombers during one game
0.6%Afraid of the Dark — On The Farm Barricade, choose only FireStarter and get 5 blaze powerups while protecting the scarecrow from any damage

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US2.99 USD
EU2.79 EUR
UK2.39 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.89 CAD
Japan310 JPY
Brazil9.99 BRL
China15.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Japan≈$1.9 Brazil China Canada US Australia EU UK≈$3.2

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Oct 26, 2016
Versus has just gone live on Steam!

Hello everyone, letting you know Versus has just gone live on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/471330/ Valve has set up an additional Nation Red discount which will stack on top of the launch discoun

Oct 26, 2016
Versus has just gone live on Steam!

Hello everyone, letting you know Versus has just gone live on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/471330/ Valve has set up an additional Nation Red discount which will stack on top of the launch discoun

Jun 13, 2016
New Game Announcement + Nation Red Daily Deal :)

Hello everyone, I know people have been waiting for this a while :) First of all the Mac/Linux/SteamOS version of Nation Red is being released. And thank you for being patient until now. It's time to

Jun 13, 2016
New Game Announcement + Nation Red Daily Deal :)

Hello everyone, I know people have been waiting for this a while :) First of all the Mac/Linux/SteamOS version of Nation Red is being released. And thank you for being patient until now. It's time to

Oct 29, 2015
Nation Red version 1.00.1009

Hello everyone, Nation Red was updated to version 1.00.1009: Added new achievements: Bad Move Dyn-O-Mite! Hattrick Necromancer Double Duty Popcorn Party Afraid of the Dark UI improvements: Achievement

Games like Nation Red

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

Yet Another Zombie Defense HD Yet Another Zombie Defense HD 81.4% · 639 reviews shares Twin Stick Shooter, 4 Player Local, Top Down Shooter, Local Co Op Crimsonland Crimsonland 90.7% · 1,527 reviews shares Twin Stick Shooter, Top Down Shooter, Local Co Op, Zombies SAS: Zombie Assault 4 SAS: Zombie Assault 4 85.2% · 5,007 reviews shares Twin Stick Shooter, Top Down Shooter, Zombies, Online Co Op Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 93.9% · 1,340 reviews shares 4 Player Local, Local Co Op, Zombies, Online Co Op Shadowgrounds Shadowgrounds 80.7% · 783 reviews shares Twin Stick Shooter, Top Down Shooter, Local Co Op, Shoot Em Up The Hong Kong Massacre The Hong Kong Massacre 72.0% · 1,097 reviews shares Blood, Twin Stick Shooter, Top Down Shooter, Shoot Em Up Back 4 Blood Back 4 Blood 71.0% · 33,518 reviews shares Blood, Zombies, Online Co Op, Gore Over 9000 Zombies! Over 9000 Zombies! 83.4% · 597 reviews shares Twin Stick Shooter, 4 Player Local, Local Co Op, Zombies

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsZombies · Action · Indie · Top-Down Shooter · Online Co-Op · Survival · Gore · Twin Stick Shooter · Local Co-Op · Co-op · Multiplayer · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements145
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.nation-red.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows® XP, Vista™, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: Intel / AMD CPU Memory: 256MB RAM Graphics: Graphics with shader model 2.0 or better DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c Hard Drive: 500MB of uncompressed Hard Drive Space Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card