PSA: Game is not exclusive to Steam

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The game is not exclusive to Steam, which means that active player numbers are higher. In fact, developers confirm the estimate that about 2/3 of the playerbase uses the no-Steam client. Everyone plays together, but you lose access to Steam achievements, Steam wallet and whatnot, although in the no-Steam client case 100 % of purchases proceeds go to Vostok Games.

You can check much more accurate stats for hourly, daily, weekly and monthly player numbers and more on https://survarium.pro website, available in Russian, Ukrainian, English, Polish, and Spanish.