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The Anacrusis

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App ID 1120480
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Stray Bombay
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 30100553
Last Record Update 17 July 2025 – 00:39:25 UTC ()
Release Date 5 December 2023 – 18:11:00 UTC ()
😕 47.16%
1k reviews
3
In-Game

Battle for survival against endless alien hordes with your friends! From the lead for Left 4 Dead and L4D2, The Anacrusis is a 1-8 player first-person shooter. Experience intense 4 player co-op action or play as the aliens and stop your friends in Versus mode. Now with Steam Workshop support!

Additional Information

Developer Stray Bombay
gamedir anacrusis
controller_support full
serverbrowsername The Anacrusis
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
OnQuitDemoMsg https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/message/1028001289299232217/
ReleaseState released
Publisher Stray Bombay
Store Release Date 5 December 2023 – 18:11:46 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/straybombay
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 5 December 2023 – 18:11:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 26 June 2025 – 04:53:20 UTC () (1750913600)
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review_score 5
review_percentage 46
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, Discord SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS SDK, NVIDIA_GeForce_Now SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vivox SDK, Vorbis SDK, Wwise SDK, XAudio2 SDK, iZotope SDK
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Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 3 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9748778
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer1
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
Early Access Release Date 13 January 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 9 July 2019 – 21:49:04 UTC (), in changelist #6548559

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes

Tags

🌲 PvE 🔫 FPS 🤝 Co-op 🥊 PvP 🔫 Shooter 🌄 Action-Adventure 🛠️ Moddable 🚀 Sci-fi 🌠 Space 👩 Female Protagonist 🙌 First-Person 🧬 Transhumanism 🎮 Controller 👥 Team-Based 💥 Action 🤝 Co-op Campaign 🧟 Zombies 🎨 Colorful 🕹️ Multiplayer 🦹 Character Customization

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Online Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA) PvP

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp26 June 2025 – 04:53:38 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 3 players right now
  • 6 24-hour peak
  • 1,478 all-time peak 8 January 2023
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Store data

  • 12,783 followers
  • 865 positive reviews
  • 982 negative reviews
  • 46.83% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 3 24-hour peak
  • 27,105 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😕 Mixed
  • 47.16% SteamDB Rating
  • 865 46.8% positive reviews
  • 982 53.2% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
5 December 2023 – 18:11 Steam Release -
9 June 2022 – 17:00 Free Weekend -
5 January 2023 – 18:00 Free Weekend -
21 April 2023 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Fight 4 Your Friends: Co-op Shooters -
27 June 2023 Now Available - The Anacrusis -
16 December 2023 – 19:02 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Fight 4 Your Friends: Co-op Shooters Encore -

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How many players are playing The Anacrusis right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 3 players live playing The Anacrusis on Steam.

The Anacrusis had an all-time peak of 1478 concurrent players on 8 January 2023.

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