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Survive the Nights
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
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 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game. It really is such a shame. The bones are here for a great game, but the execution makes it an almost unplayable mess. I've given up playing online because the lag is just painful, and I've been killed…”
“This game has a lot of potential, they just need to keep updating the game, but for a 20 dollar game don't get your hopes up for a non-finished buggy game.”
“Extremely fun game, one of the best surprises lately. Graphics are not AAA, the multiplayer is kinda hard to figure out, but once you do...its very good. Really need friends to play with to get full effect....solo would…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Extremely fun game, one of the best surprises lately. Graphics are not AAA, the multiplayer is kinda hard to figure out, but once you do...its very good. Really need friends to play with to get full effect....solo would…”
“Great game to play with friends, excited to see what else they'll bring to the game!”
“Excellent concept and can be pretty fun on easier settings / with mods. The looting / crafting systems work pretty well, and the combat mechanics are actually not bad. I'd love to see another adaptation of this title.…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Extremely fun game, one of the best surprises lately. Graphics are not AAA, the multiplayer is kinda hard to figure out, but once you do...its very good. Really need friends to play with to get full effect....solo would…”
“Honestly I bought the game because it was on sale for $3.99. Wasn't expecting alot...just wanted to murder some ZOMBIES! I have to say it was WELL WORTH the money! i havent stopped playing it and even my roommate and…”
“Excellent concept and can be pretty fun on easier settings / with mods. The looting / crafting systems work pretty well, and the combat mechanics are actually not bad. I'd love to see another adaptation of this title.…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game is really fun. although its a bit janky and the physics and stuff may be a little off, but give it some slack. Its only in 1.0 and can only get better from here. ignore the negative comments they are just…”
“I’ve been really enjoying this game so far, even though the UI feels a bit clunky at times. Personally, I’d prefer if clicking anywhere on an item opened a submenu with all available options, rather than having to find…”
“feels very nice I love the far FOV and how weapons automatically aim down holster when in active rifle and weapons look thin and long feels and looks very nice love the slugging slow movement gameplay and crispy unity…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Great game to play with friends, excited to see what else they'll bring to the game!”
“Hella fun, buggy, glitchy sure but all that can be fixed. You can power the entire Island for everyone to enjoy electricity, you also get to do raids on specific POIs! PS: During a Steam maintenance period some things…”
“Picked this up recently and honestly, I'm having a blast. Ran into a few bugs here and there, but nothing that ruined the fun. You can really feel how much the devs care they've been working hard to keep things going,…”
42 of the 104 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
“This game. It really is such a shame. The bones are here for a great game, but the execution makes it an almost unplayable mess. I've given up playing online because the lag is just painful, and I've been killed…”
“even with the vehicle bug fix mod youll get sent flying in your car not only that you can chese the zombies so hard by just sitting on a roof during horde night and they cant get you, for 20 dollars do not get this game…”
“Looted entire city and my trailer blasted off into space and lost all my loot. Uninstalled.”
27 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“This game. It really is such a shame. The bones are here for a great game, but the execution makes it an almost unplayable mess. I've given up playing online because the lag is just painful, and I've been killed…”
“even with the vehicle bug fix mod youll get sent flying in your car not only that you can chese the zombies so hard by just sitting on a roof during horde night and they cant get you, for 20 dollars do not get this game…”
“This game is really fun. although its a bit janky and the physics and stuff may be a little off, but give it some slack. Its only in 1.0 and can only get better from here. ignore the negative comments they are just…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This game. It really is such a shame. The bones are here for a great game, but the execution makes it an almost unplayable mess. I've given up playing online because the lag is just painful, and I've been killed…”
“This game is really fun. although its a bit janky and the physics and stuff may be a little off, but give it some slack. Its only in 1.0 and can only get better from here. ignore the negative comments they are just…”
“this game is good for relaxing with friends, just need to be optimize and adds more interactive features”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“VERY underrated survival game, i like it so far and see the potential its just sad the workshop is kinda dry but hopefully this will change in the future when more people get to play. Great Game, Keep Up the Work!”
“very customizable and lots of fun I hope they add more to build and more movies!”
“need to be able to craft more house items and outdoor items also bullets and decor and add drugs”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Extremely fun game, one of the best surprises lately. Graphics are not AAA, the multiplayer is kinda hard to figure out, but once you do...its very good. Really need friends to play with to get full effect....solo would…”
“very mid game, there are many bugs, some dont even allow me to play the game, + the multiplayer is ass”
“Game is Buggy ASF, Held weapons switching randomly when opening containers, Weapon attachments vanishing on reload. container items changing randomly as you open a container. Zombies spawning inside a fully fenced base…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 65.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I would like to say I see where this game could end up it is very fun but it needs a lot of work. If they changed some mechanics around like the looting and obviously add more content this game could become a very very good zombie game but in its current state is definitely…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Survive the Nights – Honest Review I genuinely love Survive the Nights. It delivers a tense, atmospheric survival experience that really leans into preparation, realism, and the constant pressure of making it through one more night. The day/night cycle adds meaningful depth —…”
— a player, Steam review · 227 hrs played“Had this game for years. I still remember what this game ORIGINALLY promised - another kickstarter failure, and it should have been abandoned then. The two (three?) developers who stayed behind attempted to salvage it, but its just sub-par in every single way to any other…”
— a player, Steam review · 80 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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1.5 (Performance | Controls | Quality of Life)
Version 1.5 brings a major engine upgrade, new graphics options, performance improvements, a reworked controls system, harvesting improvements, and a large collection of fixes across inventory, weapon
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1.4 (Traders | Realms | Fixes++)
We’ve been cracking along with fixes and adding features. One of the biggest we’ve ever added will be introduced in 1.4. Traders along with Realms, these two new features totally change the way the ga
1.4 - Quick Preview
We’re just doing a quick check in. It's been a while since we’ve spoken so we wanted to put out a quick little post to showcase some ideas and ask for some input. We’ve been busy working on fixes and
1.3 (Modding | Fixes | Improvements++)
We’re releasing a quick patch to make some improvements and fixes to issues you all found after the 1.2 release. We’ve made various tweaks and improvements to vehicles, melee, zombie behavior, menu an
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation |
| Player tags | Sandbox · Adventure · FPS · PvE · Multiplayer · Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Online Co-Op · Realistic · Action · First-Person · Survival (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Czech, Thai * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 89 |
| Official site | https://www.survivethenights.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 11 64bit Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, Intel Arc A580 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space