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Released Jul 6, 2026 Early Access $14.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Desolation Seed

By ECS Software

Followers 2,276
Reviews 70 Mixed
Players now 0 Peak today 0
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About Desolation Seed

Desolation Seed is a game tagged Simulation, Exploration and Dystopian by ECS Software, released Jul 6, 2026. It has 70 Steam reviews (Mixed). The Steam games most like it include Professional Lumberjack 2015, Demolish & Build 2017 and TITANIC Shipwreck Exploration.

An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Desolation Seed · record updated 17 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID1818470
Release dateJul 6, 2026
Last change number39323160
Last record update17 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
ECS Software
Publisher
ECS Software
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 3 days ago

Platforms

Windows 64-bit
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

2
Single-playerFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$14.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$14.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked15 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

14
  1. Jul 23, 2026 Patch EA1.20

    - crouching causing some to clip through stairs in some levels - fixed - Enemy spawning smoothing should be more stable - small AI navigation polish Thank You! :)

  2. Jul 19, 2026 Small Patch

    small fixes - Dash broken in warehouse Nest - Fixed - Rebind menu showing wrong default key for Inventory - Fixed - Small geometry polish - Some optimization tweaks

  3. Jul 17, 2026 SMALL CONTENT UPDATE

    SOME NEW FEATURES REBIND SYSTEM - you can now rebind keys to whatever you want. it is now a feature in the gameTRAINING ROOM - learn controls and test out your Surrogate in this TRAINING MODE kill simulator - was hesitant to give into the …

  4. Jul 16, 2026 10 DAY EARLY ACCESS UPDATE

    10 days into Early Access Update just some insight into how things have gone the first 10 days of EA release. firstly thanks to everyone for the support and interest in Desolation Seed. the first 10 days have been successful. since launch …

  5. Jul 14, 2026 LAST PATCH BEFORE CONTENT UPDATE

    though we will continue to smooth issues out as they are discovered and reported this is hopefully the last patch focused exclusively on sanity and the last small patch before shifting the majority of attention to the next major content up…

  6. Jul 11, 2026 11/7/2026

    - small pathfinding fix

  7. Jul 11, 2026 small fix

    small quality fixes

  8. Jul 10, 2026 SANITY PATCH II

    biggest quality patch yet numerous bug fixes audio settings not saving - fixed widescreen support 1.0 still some adjustments to be made but things are feeling smoother and overall sanity levels have improved. we are getting closer to exiti…

  9. Jul 10, 2026 SANITY PATCH II

    biggest quality patch yet numerous bug fixes audio settings not saving - fixed widescreen support 1.0 still some adjustments to be made but things are feeling smoother and overall sanity levels have improved. we are getting closer to exiti…

  10. Jul 8, 2026 SANITY

    General Smoothing Patch Rotation during pause - FIXED SHOOTING during pause -Fixed dying in reality mode - CURSOR glitch - Fixed server district random respawn fixed no damage fixed RAPIDFIRE/PIPEBOMB MOD SWAP - FIXED RAPID FIRE COOLDOWN -…

  11. Jul 8, 2026 PATCH 3 -OOB issue resolved

    -Stairs clipping fixed -peaking through wall gaps OOB issue fixed -Numerous OOB/Clipping fixes thanks ECS

  12. Jul 8, 2026 another little patch

    Tiny Patch before end of night plus fixed TAG$ spam -if you caught that consider it an Early Access gift! :)

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
24367595publicJul 24, 2026

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
1818471 — Windows 3.07 GB 1.49 GB 6165656068429476602

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 24367595 Jul 24, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Desolation Seed

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
Desolation Seed.exe All

Update history

Changes to the Steam record

since we started watching
  1. Oct 25, 2026 · 01:27 #39323160
    • appid removed
    • common.ReleaseState added released
    • common.releasestate removed

News

  1. Aug 3, 2026 · Community Announcements LETTER FROM THE ABYSS

    Hello all,It's been a little while since the last communication, so just wanted to give a quick studio update to keep everyone informed about the state of affairs here.Firstly, a HUGE thank you to al…

  2. Jul 7, 2026 · Community Announcements THE END OF HUMANITY IS HERE

    Desolation Seed is finally here ! 🌍☣️🌐the Early Access release has been amazing. we cant thank everyone enough for the support and interestits impossible to express how surreal it is to finally see…

  3. Jul 3, 2026 · Community Announcements EVOLUTIONS IN CYBER WARFARE

    FinallyDesolation Seed has been approved for release on Steam!Monday it is yours - thanks for everyone's support and patience while we sorted it out also we've set up a Discord in addition to the com…

  4. Jun 30, 2026 · Community Announcements A STORM IS COMING ....

    A certain global videogame platform continues to deny our store page siting Early Access question errors..after the third attempt to satisfy them via changing the wording .we are beginning to suspect…

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