Plains of Pain overview

Overview

Plains of Pain comes from Cobra Byte Digital and is published by Cobra Byte Digital. It arrived on Steam on Feb 17, 2023, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Plains of Pain's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 78 players at 6 October 2026 - 11:11:32 UTC, with a tracked peak near 222. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 83% positive across 898 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Plains of Pain is available in 12 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Plains of Pain has sold up to 14,552 units and has 980 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $191,167. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Plains of Pain overview details

Plains of Pain combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The sun is your deadliest enemy. In Plains of Pain , you fight extreme heat, thirst, toxic air, and ruthless enemies in a vast post-apocalyptic wasteland. Build bases and settlements, trade with NPCs, craft gear and anti-gravity hover vehicles, and use them to move faster across the desert. Outposts are constantly fought over by factions. Survive solo or with friends and decide where you stand. THE STORY BEHIND PLAINS OF PAIN Humanity stood at the peak of technological achievement when it all went wrong. For reasons no one could explain, the sun began unleashing colossal solar flares—so powerful they vaporized Mercury and Venus within days. Earth was next. The heat rose, fast and merciless. Panic spread like wildfire. The world’s leaders didn’t save anyone. They saved themselves. In a secret evacuation project, the powerful and the wealthy abandoned Earth, leaving the rest behind to face the inferno. Civilization cracked, then crumbled. What was once a thriving world fragmented into chaos and dust. The land is now a scorched wasteland. Blistering heat and relentless drought have drained the planet dry. Most of the remaining survivors lost their minds long ago—wandering the deadlands in search of scraps of food or drops of water. Two factions now fight to bring some semblance of order to the madness. Each claims to be humanity's last hope—but they have very different visions of what the future should look like. If you don't have reputation with them, you're nothing. Just another ghost in the heat. And this is where your story begins. You're no one. No past, no prot…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Plains of Pain is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 78 players at 6 October 2026 - 11:11:32 UTC, a tracked peak of 222, and 83% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Early AccessSurvivalMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerOpen WorldActionPost-apocalypticPvPSandboxCraftingThird PersonShooterLootExplorationPvE

Content descriptors

Contains violence and in-game blood.

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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