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Two studios are using the drama surrounding The Day Before to offer their survival games on sale on Steam

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The Day Before has gone from the most wanted game on Steam to a flop, both for the developer and the gamers who were looking forward to the survival MMO. Two alternatives are now bundling together to give The Day Before a jab.

What kind of offer is this? On Steam, the survival games DayZ and Icarus are currently available as a bundle. Under the name “The Day After Survival Sale,” the two games are being offered together for €49.56 on Steam. This represents a 33% discount compared to the full price of both games combined.

The name of the bundle is a rather obvious reference to the failed survival hope The Day Before. The sale comes just after DayZ reacted with a mocking post about the closure of Fntastic, the studio behind the survival flop.

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Gamers celebrate the jab: “Great move”

How is this being discussed? The reference to The Day Before has not gone unnoticed by other gamers. In a Reddit thread, users are praising the studios behind DayZ and Icarus for their tongue-in-cheek action:

  • Goonders: “The funniest thing to me is that they [Fntastic] can’t fight back because they claim to have closed down.”
  • Stumpyz: “Holy straw bag, what a great move by them.”
  • RedditSanity: “I want to reinstall DayZ just for this action.”

Other users are discussing the quality of both games: Both Icarus and DayZ have had a rather rocky start, but now stand at 81% (Icarus) and 92% (DayZ) positive in the “recent reviews” (as of December 13, 2023).

After the – not too surprising – failure of The Day Before, many gamers seem to be so frustrated that they are reacting with schadenfreude. However, it also seems that many were genuinely looking forward to the survival MMO, and are now searching for a possible alternative. One such alternative is what the developer Starry Studios aims to provide:

After The Day Before, Steam could provide the alternative for all survival fans, now you can play the beta

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For bargain hunters, the offer is conditional, as the survival MMO DayZ can sometimes be snagged on sale for €19.99 (via SteamDB). The appeal lies more in the somewhat humorous jab against the competition.

However, those who are in a survival frenzy and do not yet own both games may be interested in the bundle. The offer is valid until December 21, 2023.

You can find more outstanding survival games in our list of the 25 best survival games 2023 for PlayStation, PC, and Xbox.

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