ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategySurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival Craft
7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
“original exploration-oriented design with modular systems and regional advantages” (32)
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Story & World
-0.43
World+1.23
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Content Volume
+0.63
Variety-2.18
“gameplay loop became repetitive, quest system overshadows survival and exploration” (29)
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Visuals & Sound
+0.68
Visuals-0.55
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Multiplayer
+0.94
Playing together+2.70
“fun game to play with friends” (48)
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Fairness
-3.58
Monetization-3.05
“asking $45 for underbaked and dated game is pure greed” (29)
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Tech & Ops
-2.81
Developer support-2.50
“devs removed emergent gameplay and player solutions to challenges” (79)
I used to like this game. Note that key word there, though. Used to. Then the Devs started messing with it. Starting changing things around because people were 'trivializing' things. "Oh, people are settling near water! That trivializes water gathering! Fine, NO MORE gathering water in jars, you just eat the jars like Stardew!" - News flash, Devs, people have settled near water literally since before we were even humans. That's a basic part of survival, and you're mad about people doing it in a 'Survival' game. "Oh no, people are trivializing our horde nights by having elaborate bases or under
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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
Dec 2013Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,311 reviews, peak 64/day
Aug 19Sep 16
per month · 6,774 reviews, peak 3,409/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 10,224 reviews, peak 3,409/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 20,507 reviews, peak 3,409/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.
Review languages
Languages of the 403 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English45%
Chinese13%
Russian12%
Japanese6%
Turkish5%
German5%
Other15%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.
