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Surviving the Aftermath
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
34 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“There's so much this game does amazingly and so much unfinished/unpolished stuff. Outside exploration/scavenge world is amazing, UI is trash. Specialists idea is amazing (different stats and characters), but that ends…”
“played this on console and pc, great colony builder sim, lots to do”
10 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“A very feel good survival building game that has a good amount of thinking and strategizing put into the gameplay from the developers. A blend of building, harvesting resources and even going out into the World Map to…”
“This game was fun when it released it's a lot more fun now with the expansions. I don't understand the negative reviews game works as intended if you mess with the settings you can play a very easy game or unleash hell…”
“Simple and challenging, I love spending hours on this game and getting absolutely nowhere with it. 10/10”
4 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“played this on console and pc, great colony builder sim, lots to do”
“A very feel good survival building game that has a good amount of thinking and strategizing put into the gameplay from the developers. A blend of building, harvesting resources and even going out into the World Map to…”
“Nicely done colony survival builder with lots of things to do, not only building the colony, but also sending heroes to overworld, establishing outposts, trading, fighting raiders... I really liked you do not need to…”
3 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“I like the illusion that I can make things better despite the odds and games like this support that. Having played a lot of them, I have to say this game's mechanics make it pretty easy to get started on your…”
18 of the 69 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
9 of the 69 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 69 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“There's so much this game does amazingly and so much unfinished/unpolished stuff. Outside exploration/scavenge world is amazing, UI is trash. Specialists idea is amazing (different stats and characters), but that ends…”
“Quite slow pace, and mildly challenging but variety and sastifying gameplay if you like simcity games or post-apocalyptic ambientation.”
6 of the 69 reviews raise this.
5 of the 69 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Thus far, it's great. A few tiny bugs, but overall quite addictive. This is a good base building, resource management game.”
Counted across 69 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 70.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“TLDR: Rating: 65 / 100 It's decent colony game. It resembles a game like "Banished" - where you have to protect your citizens from natural dissasters and establish a steady production of goods (good, medicine, clothes) for your colony and for trading purposes. Positives: - The…”
— a player, Steam review · 87 hrs played“It is what it says it is. Decent game. Late game is just weird and drawn out.”
— a player, Steam review · 151 hrs played“I bought this game and its not very enjoyable. The tutorials were rough and I would have to figure a lot on my own. Just meh, not sure why it has so much DLC, I hope it made it better. If you like a slow burn management kind of game then go ahead and enjoy this.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Unity engine update!
Hello everyone, Due to a Unity engine security issue, we’re releasing a Hotfix update for the game. You can read more about the security issue here: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01
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Surviving the Aftermath - Dev Diary #25 - Rebirth DLC
Greetings survivors! Our third DLC is now available! “Rebirth” offers a new way to literally transform your colony into a post-apocalyptic paradise! Clear the waters and purify the soil with new terra
Surviving the Aftermath - Announcing Rebirth DLC
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · Post-apocalyptic · Survival · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Building · Singleplayer · Management · Open World · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Achievements | 74 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 bit Processor: Intel® iCore™ i5-2500K or AMD® AMD® FX 6350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space