The Surge (Steam Game) 
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
- Souls-like (416)
- Action (202)
- RPG (183)
- Sci-fi (141)
- Third Person (128)
- Difficult (128)
- Singleplayer (109)
- Mechs (94)
- Violent (76)
- Hack and Slash (75)
- Robots (70)
- Open World (70)
- Exploration (52)
- Cyberpunk (46)
- Action RPG (38)
- Gore (37)
- Adventure (34)
- Futuristic (28)
- Horror (27)
- Atmospheric (10)
| Release Date | May 15, 2017 |
| Price | $ 14.99 Top 15% |
| Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 76.9% (mostly positive) / 75.3% |
| Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 75% / 73.7% |
| Reviews (Steam Purchases / All) | 6.8K Top 4% / 9.6K Top 3% |
| Curators | 217 reviews Top 2% |
| Median Play Time | 25.6 hours Top 5% |
| Play Time per Dollar | 1.7 hour Top 15% |
| Followers | 64.3K Top 2% |
| Owners | ± 948.3K Top 3% |
| Copies Sold | ± 474.8K Top 3% |
| Gross Revenue ($) | ± 8.8M Top 2% |
Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
Here you can see The Surge's Steam rating and reviews between May 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 77.6% (January 2018) and 74.2% (October 2018), with relatively small variations.
The Surge is an AAA level success, with 9.6K reviews Top 3%. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.
Review Languages
This donut graph displays the languages of The Surge's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (52%), followed by Simplified Chinese (13%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 27 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in 11 languages.
Time Played
This chart displays the time players have spent in The Surge depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 51 hours in the 80th percentile.
The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.7 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 8 hours), it can be a sign that The Surge crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.
Players' Feedback
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It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 76.9% should be taken into account when assessing them.
Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of The Surge's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.
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