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Until We Die
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun strategic defense mechanics” (22 of 69 reviews) and “charming post-apocalyptic art” (9); the most common complaint is “abandoned, rarely updated” (43). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
22 of the 69 reviews raise this.
9 of the 69 reviews raise this.
7 of the 69 reviews raise this.
7 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“this game's idea is very fun and awesome, a challenging game that can be replayed multiple times. HOWEVER not this game. this game has been abandoned and there has been no update in YEARS. do not waste your money. find…”
4 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“After being abandoned with an unfinished Campaign and little to no content expansion after it released as early access, I think its time I voice my opinion that this game is unfit for play, steam has yet to slap a…”
43 of the 69 reviews raise this · 22 of them still recommend the game.
11 of the 69 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Game's dead as ♥♥♥♥, been dead for a long time. Get it on sale cause it's only got a bit of gameplay in it.”
8 of the 69 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“this game's idea is very fun and awesome, a challenging game that can be replayed multiple times. HOWEVER not this game. this game has been abandoned and there has been no update in YEARS. do not waste your money. find…”
“Game's dead as ♥♥♥♥, been dead for a long time. Get it on sale cause it's only got a bit of gameplay in it.”
“I love this game but it's unfinished & the Early Access tag was taken off not long after they promised they'd keep updating - that was 3 years ago. It's not worth the price & frankly I'm not even sure the devs exist…”
3 of the 69 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Very hard but very fun”
Counted across 69 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 63.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“It's short and sweet. Development stopped a long time ago; yet, if you are able to buy it at a really low price, it can be entertaining for a few days. Edit: Don't join the Hate train!”
— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs played“I like this game, its a solid side scroll defence and management game - its "at the moment" a dead game with a sliver of hope that it will sometime come back in the future - you have 2 characters and 3 levels of difficulty on the first level - no story other than "secure the…”
— a player, Steam review · 114 hrs played“Abandoned game; has been for a long time.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 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 2026-10-20.
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.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
About the future of the Until We Die
Hello comrades, Pixeye reporting. Long time no see. Today I'm here to reassure those worried about the game's fate. First of all, our team is fine and continues to work on Until We Die. But It was a h
UWD News #5: Update state
Hi everyone. Long time no see. It's difficult to pretend that everything is OK when a real tragedy occurs in Ukraine. Despite the horror and gloom of this situation our team continues to work on the g
UWD News #4: Happy New Year
Happy New Year everyone! 💬 May the New Year bring you happiness and more cool games and fewer bugs! I have to admit that the period of December-January is not the most productive time for us, but we s
UWD News #3: Plans for November
Hello everyone! The picture below shows what happens behind the scenes when you lose in Until We Die :) 🔧 We will spend the coming weeks assembling a playable version of the following scenario and won
UWD News #2: Mushrooms farms
Hi everyone! ✊ I continue to tell and show what we are doing for to the second scenario. Mushroom farms are next in line. We try to make the scenarios different from each other not only by art, but al
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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 | Action, Adventure, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Survival · Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Base-Building · Side Scroller · Tower Defense · Action · Management · Colony Sim · Atmospheric · Post-apocalyptic · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Italian |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Official site | https://pixeye.games/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon R7 370 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible