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Near Death

Near Death

Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.

Released Aug 2, 2016 Developer Orthogonal Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux First-PersonAtmosphericSurvivalExplorationFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (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.

91.0%positive1,026 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Completed the game in one sitting while needing to pee in order to maximize the survival experience”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Near Death is, by far, my favorite survival game on Steam, even beyond Subnautica or Valheim. Near Death strikes a perfect balance between gameplay systems, atmosphere and exploration. You have a very limited number of upgrades to unlock during your progression, but each of them…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Good game. Played on normal difficulty prob should have picked hard. When you understand the mechanics its pretty straight forward. Advice, just follow the objective log your not supposed to run all over discovering things, you can but its not recommended.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:17 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
124-hour peak
39all-time peak
0 5 10 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 7 avg · Aug 2016

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.

18achievements
30.8%median completion
3.6%rarest: Shackleton's Heir
77.8% of players 50.8% of players 46.1% of players 44.5% of players 41.9% of players 35.0% of players 34.1% of players 31.7% of players 31.5% of players 30.8% of players 30.8% of players 27.8% of players 21.7% of players 21.6% of players 14.6% of players 12.6% of players 4.6% of players 3.6% of players 77.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.8%Reestablished Contact — Hidden achievement
50.8%Powered Up — Hidden achievement
46.1%Empty Cupboard — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
3.6%Shackleton's Heir — Completed the game on Condition 1 difficulty
4.6%True Adventurer — Completed the game on Hard difficulty
12.6%Lights in the Darkness — Placed 10 different light poles around Sutro Station

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.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US7.99 USD
EU8.15 EUR
UK7.15 GBP
Australia11.50 AUD
Canada9.65 CAD
Japan1,050 JPY
Brazil29.99 BRL
China33.00 CNY

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

China≈$4.9 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$9.5

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

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 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.

Apr 24, 2017
Post-Launch Round-Up

A lot has happened in the world of Near Death since its launch, and we wanted to put all of the updates and improvements in one place to make it easy to see everything that’s changed. Here’s a list of

Apr 24, 2017
Post-Launch Round-Up

A lot has happened in the world of Near Death since its launch, and we wanted to put all of the updates and improvements in one place to make it easy to see everything that’s changed. Here’s a list of

Apr 03, 2017
Near Death 1.07: ¡Ya disponible en español!

Near Death is now available in Spanish! Version 1.07 also brings a few bug fixes and enhancements: Near Death is now available in Spanish! Updated physics settings on the long range antenna to help pr

Apr 03, 2017
Near Death 1.07: ¡Ya disponible en español!

Near Death is now available in Spanish! Version 1.07 also brings a few bug fixes and enhancements: Near Death is now available in Spanish! Updated physics settings on the long range antenna to help pr

Jan 16, 2017
Near Death 1.06: Effects, Effects, Effects! (Plus Bug Fixes!)

We just uploaded patch 1.06 of Near Death, which features a number of fun new visual modes for the game. Why? For no other reason than we had some free time and it looks cool! The new effects really l

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsFirst-Person · Atmospheric · Survival · Exploration · Female Protagonist · Walking Simulator · Snow · Indie · Soundtrack · Action-Adventure · Singleplayer · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Russian, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America *
ControllerFull support
Achievements18
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://neardeathgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit OS required) Processor: Intel Core i5 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent (64-bit processor required) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 with 1GB memory (or AMD equivalent) Storage: 1 GB available space