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The Anacrusis

The Anacrusis

Battle for survival against endless alien hordes with your friends! The Anacrusis is a first-person shooter that dynamically adjusts difficulty to you. Experience intense 1-4 player co-op action or play as the aliens and stop your friends in 1-8 player Versus mode. Full Steam Workshop support!

Released Dec 5, 2023 Developer Stray Bombay Platforms Windows PvEFPSCo-opPvPShooter
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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.

46.7%positive1,835 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Had a blast playing with my friend. Very colourful and fun maps, good characters, really funky music and satisfying shooting which wild for a UE4 game. A solid good time.”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Not recommended · 35 found this helpful

“Souless l4d2 clone. At first glace the game looks kinda cool with its futuristic setting but the more you dive in the more you'll notice how bland it is. Also, playing it with bots it's such a pain, they either get stuck somewhere, rush into the middle of a hoard or try to save…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 6 found this helpful

“When I first saw one of Tyler McVicker's video, I was captivated by all the retrofuturistic beauty this game had to offer. I tried it out back when it was in Early Access and on Xbox Game Pass (which was still cool back then compared to today). Since it comes from the creator of…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
324-hour peak
1,453all-time peak
0 100 200 2022 2023 2024 102 avg · Jan 2023

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.

55achievements
1.7%median completion
0.4%rarest: Are We Still Doing This?
32.9% of players 29.6% of players 13.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.3% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 5.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 32.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
32.9%That’s a False Barry! — That is not Barry.
29.6%You Forgot Barry! — No one picked up Barry in the Terminal.
13.0%Thank You For Playing! — Start the game for the first time.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Are We Still Doing This? — Kill 53,601 common aliens.
0.4%Born to Run — Complete Episode 1 on Intenser Solo, activating all the Matter Compilers in the episode.
0.4%A Good Month — Complete 4 Weekly Challenges.

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

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

$0 $10 $20 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.

Mar 19, 2026
A Bloody Good Bundle!

The best things come in fours… From Beatles, to seasons, to horsemen… we love fours. And we are celebrating four great games in a Steam Bundle!While Lance is partial to the Anacrusis… everyone else ha

Oct 03, 2025
Update 66 -- The Stuff Update

-Korean translations of the game have been improved-Fixed a bug in Versus where both Flashers wouldn't stop highlighting their target survivor on death-UV Flasher and Grabber have increased melee rang

Jul 09, 2025
Summer update #2

With the massive community update out - we have a quick follow-up for some things we wanted in that update as well as a few fixes for some bugs... including a strange one.With the Flasher's alt fire y

Jun 18, 2025
Community Update

The Community Update is LiveA year ago we kicked off an experiment with the community. What happens when you give them access to the source code and set them free?The result is the community comes tog

Dec 09, 2024
Community Update gets Ultra Violent

Join us testing the next major update - The community Update You can join us by entering "WeBeTesting" in the beta section of Steam and have access to our external playtest. Here are the notes on the

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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, Indie
Player tagsPvE · FPS · Co-op · PvP · Shooter · Action-Adventure · Moddable · Sci-fi · Space · Female Protagonist · First-Person · Transhumanism (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Korean *
ControllerFull support
Achievements55
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://theanacrusis.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD FX-8350 / Core i5 6600K Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: DX11-compatible GPU DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space