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DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

DESOLATE is a survival, open world and horror game developed by Nearga and published by HypeTrain Digital.
Released on January 17th 2019 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 7,881 reviews of which 5,258 were positive and 2,623 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified DESOLATE into these genres:

Survival Open World Horror Zombies First-Person Adventure Action Gore Atmospheric Singleplayer Stealth Survival Horror Early Access Crafting Strategy Sandbox Psychological Horror Third Person Difficult

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: 64-Bit Windows 8/10
Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or analogue with 2GB VRAM
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible

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Nov. 2025

Not sure who is reviewing this negatively. This game is quite good. It's also super cheap and on sale. Already 3 hours in and loving it so far. Not sure why people are complaining. Someone said it's 'hard survival'. Are you serious? You occasionally have to eat and drink. That's it. It's as easy as it gets in that regard. The enemies are not bad either and appropriately level up the more you learn, better you get and the more perks you get. Great game so far. Definitely worth $3 and honestly probably worth the $15 if not on sale.

Nov. 2025

One of my favourite games, over 100hrs on this on first playthrough 2020, just starting second playthrough. Plenty of variety in game and lore to keep interest going.

July 2025

This is a harsh and unforgiving survival game. Firstly, you start off with nothing but a long stick for a weapon. Secondly, when you die, your backpack drops on the ground right there where you died. You will respawn, often a couple hundred kilometers away, and have exactly 10 minutes to find your backpack again. It's marked on the map, which is very helpful, but the problem is that now you are unarmed. If you can get to your backpack in time, you get all of your stuff back. If you can't get to it in time, then you lose absolutely everything... weapons, food, medical supplies, crafting ingredients... EVERYTHING. That situation gets better once you can earn yourself a room at the Oasis Camp. Your room will have a storage chest where you can put all the stuff you don't need to carry on you at the moment. The Store Page contains the " horror " tag, but it's not really a horror game. It definitely has a spooky, post-apocalyptic vibe to it though. There is a nice day/night cycle, and various weather as you travel. You have to walk everywhere for a while. Eventually, you will find and learn how to fix these things called pneumolifts. Once working, the pneumolifts will allow you to teleport around the island. You are on Granichny Island, yet you never see any ocean. You are a " volunteer ", who has arrived to study the paranormal/supernatural events. A couple of years ago, something really bad happened out here, almost certainly some secret lab experiments gone wrong. The giant corporation responsible covered it up, but is now trying to either fix the situation or salvage what they can from it. There are many dangers on Granichny. You will run into several types of hostile mutated creatures, along with corporate security mercenaries who don't want you snooping around, violently insane homeless men, and raiders/bandits. Add into the mix some deadly weather events, elemental anomalies, starvation, dehydration, stress, injuries, and disease... and you have got it pretty rough. The currency on Granichny is scrap metal, so one of the first things you will want to learn is how to dismantle the items that you scavenge from every place you go. Many items respawn after a bit, as do the enemies. I've played for 27 hours so far, and have yet to meet any normal people outside of the Oasis Camp. Also, the game is open-world, so there are dozens of locations to explore. All the residents inside the camp are traders though, so you can buy and sell with them. Different traders often have different merchandise, but when it's the same merchandise they all seem to have the same prices, so you don't need to shop around for the best price. Crafting is a huge part of this game, too. You'll craft many things ( food recipes, new equipment, weapon upgrades, etc ). Multi-player does not work very well. When you create a multi-player world, the game tries to import into it your leveled-up character from your single player world. Trying to switch between characters can also cause you to lose both your inventory and your active quests. Also, if you do want to try multi-player, you will need a friend to play with, as there isn't really any multi-player community anymore. There is plenty of content in this game, but you can only carry sixty kilograms max weight in your backpack ( and that is when you are healthy ), so it does get a little tedious running back to camp all the time to empty it. The graphics are pretty decent, and the immersiveness is good. Many people have reported bugs and glitches in the game. So far ( 27 hours ), I have not experienced any myself.

July 2025

Its alright its not a complete dumpster fire but its kind of dull, the world just seems a bit boring. The price is perfect for it and its worth a try, some people might really like it.

June 2025

I enjoyed this game, especially the coop aspect to it. Quite a fun open world survival horror game.

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Frequently Asked Questions

DESOLATE is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

DESOLATE is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

DESOLATE received 5,258 positive votes out of a total of 7,881 achieving a rating of 6.56.

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DESOLATE was developed by Nearga and published by HypeTrain Digital.

DESOLATE is playable and fully supported on Windows.

DESOLATE is not playable on MacOS.

DESOLATE is not playable on Linux.

DESOLATE offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

DESOLATE includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There is a DLC available for DESOLATE. Explore additional content available for DESOLATE on Steam.

DESOLATE does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

DESOLATE does not support Steam Remote Play.

DESOLATE is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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