Stories from the Outbreak

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App ID	1968630
App Type	Game
Developer	Coldwild Games
Publisher	Coldwild Games
Franchise	Coldwild Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	30147178
Last Record Update	19 July 2025 – 14:52:38 UTC ()
Release Date	20 February 2024 – 17:00:15 UTC ()

❓ 75.23%

138 reviews

In-Game

Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?

Additional Information

Developer

Coldwild Games

controller_support

full

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Coldwild Games

Store Release Date

20 February 2024 – 17:00:19 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.gg/coldwildgames
https://www.youtube.com/coldwildgames/

Primary Genre

RPG (3)

Store Genres

RPG (3), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

20 February 2024 – 17:00:15 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

20 February 2024 – 17:51:52 UTC () (1708451512)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	100
height_pct	100

osextended

macos64

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK, UnityBurst SDK, cURL SDK

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
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
category: Verified
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 12 June 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 14640749

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	native
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

controllertagwizard

Yes

Early Access Release Date

27 March 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC ()

First seen on SteamDB

13 April 2022 – 06:54:25 UTC (), in changelist #14502779

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

DualShock Controllers (USB Only)

DualSense Controllers (USB Only)

DualSense Controllers

Assets

Load all asset images

clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

e55297f0e62430e46ff2c5399ffd53e11a15e996

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	100
logo_position/height_pct	100

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
library_hero_2x	library_hero_2x.jpg
community_icon	e55297f0e62430e46ff2c5399ffd53e11a15e996.jpg
page_background_path	app/1968630
timestamp	19 March 2024 – 08:13:38 UTC

Trailers

256903572 ↴
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trailer_category	1
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256903572/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256903572/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	1968630/492357/70060eae72d686125909a01864e06ee5c75a212f/1750743086/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	1968630/492357/70060eae72d686125909a01864e06ee5c75a212f/1750743086/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256903572/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	492357
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1708084853
256889400 ↴
trailer_name	Announcement Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256889400/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256889400/movie_max.mp4
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trailer_base_id	468016
all_ages	true
timestamp	1654081832

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
1968631	Windows	218.39 MiB	99.25 MiB
1968632	Linux	223.80 MiB	100.54 MiB
1968633	macOS	219.60 MiB	99.54 MiB

Total size on disk is 661.79 MiB and total download size is 299.33 MiB.

Total size on disk is 218.39 MiB and total download size is 99.25 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		15081587	18 July 2024 – 22:37:04 UTC

Other

Name	Value
privatebranches	1

Stories from the Outbreak

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