Necesse (2025) - Player Count, News

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On Steam, 93% of 24,701 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 498 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 1,130 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

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Start your adventure and explore the infinite procedural generated world of Necesse. Mine, fight and craft to gear up and conquer powerful enemies that drop unique items. Set sail to visit other islands containing villages, dungeons and other secrets or start your own settlement by building houses for settlers to move into.

What is happening now

Necesse is a co-op action-adventure that blends settlement building, survival, and strategy elements across multiple platforms. The game combines exploration, combat, and base management in a sandbox-style setting designed for collaborative play. Developer Fair Games released the substantial "Rust & Romance" update on July 30, introducing NPC relationship systems alongside new content including scrapyard battles and a fresh biome. The update aims to make the world feel more dynamic and intimate, moving beyond purely mechanical survival systems. The release coincided with a free weekend on Steam, giving players a chance to sample the expanded experience.

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Media

Releases

Platform

Date

Linux

October 16, 2025 (early access from December 12, 2019)

Mac

October 16, 2025 (early access from December 12, 2019)

PC (Microsoft Windows)

October 16, 2025 (early access from December 12, 2019)

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified works great out of the box

Minimum

Recommended

Windows® 10 (64-bit)

Processor

Intel® Core™ i3-4160 (dual-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-4350 (quad-core)

Intel® Core™ i5-4590 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G (quad-core)

Memory

4 GB RAM

8 GB RAM

Graphics

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 440 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6570 (1 GB)

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (2 GB)

Storage

500 MB available space

Additional Notes

Some Intel graphics drivers seems to be causing regular crashes and we're trying to look into that.

Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.

Necesse player count

concurrent players on Steam

498playing now1h ago

604peak today

1,13030-day peak

1,130highest we have seenOct 24, 2026

Oct 23daily peak, last 12 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

Necesse achievements

51 achievements on Steam

Rarest

Speeding Ticket Achieve MAXIMUM speed while driving a Bumper Car

0.1%

True Love Become Life Partners with one of your Settlers

0.3%

Cloud Ten Achieve Unrivaled Quality of Life on 10 settlers at the same time

0.4%

Complete Collector Obtain all possible items

0.5%

Dodge This! Defeat the Fallen Wizard while 5 Fallen Dragons are alive

0.7%

You and what Army? Have 10 settlers in your adventure party equip a tier 5 or higher armor set and weapon

0.7%

All 51 achievements by how many players unlocked them

Me and this Army! Defeat an incursion boss with only damage from settlers

0.7%

Expansionist Have a fully upgraded settlement size

0.8%

Secret Service Have only 2 guards in your adventure party, both wearing sunglasses, blazer and dress shoes

0.9%

More Than A Hobby Fish up a total of 500 items

1.2%

Home Alone Kill a raider with a trap

1.3%

That's a lot of dust! Have 40 perks active in a single Fallen Altar at a time

1.6%

Crystallized Reach the full potential of the Ruby or Amethyst set

1.7%

Restored Reality Find and defeat the final boss

2.5%

Overpowered Upgrade and equip a full set of Tier 10 armor

2.7%

Rich Character Recruit a Settler with 6 or more personalities

3.3%

Feeling Stylish Get a new look from the Stylist

3.4%

Master of Sun and Moon Defeat Sunlight Champion and Moonlight Dancer at Tier 5 or higher

4.3%

Empowered Upgrade and equip a full set of Tier 5 armor

5.5%

Double Catch Catch 2 fish in 1 throw

7.8%

Hot Tub Swim in lava while under the effect of fire resistance

9.3%

Complete Host Have all possible settler professions live in the same settlement

9.6%

Take it to the next level Complete an incursion

10.3%

Self Proclaimed Wear a gold crown

10.6%

Wardrobe on the go! Get access to 4 item sets

11.4%

Settling Down Upgrade your settlement size

11.7%

Rematch Defeat the Fallen Wizard

14.3%

Time Well Spent Play the game for a full 24 hours

17.9%

Too Easy Kill a boss in less than 30 seconds

22.2%

Teamwork Have a settler join your adventure party

24.8%

Demolition Expert Kill an enemy with a bomb

27.4%

My Jam Listen to a vinyl on the music player

28%

Safety Last Take damage from a bundle of TNT

28.1%

Getting Hot Reach the deep caves

29.6%

Washed Up Defeat the Pirate Captain

29.8%

Tourist Visit all different biomes

34.5%

Cloud Nine Have a settler reach Unrivaled Quality of Life level

37.1%

Grave Digger Find and dig up a gravestone

37.1%

Magical Drop Increase max trinket slots

38%

Companion For Adventure Get your first pet

42.6%

Marathon Runner Run a full marathon on foot

46%

Hoarder Have an inventory full of different items

46.5%

Artificer Enchant an item using the mage

47.8%

One Tapped Kill a Zombie in a single hit

47.9%

Adventure Begins! Reach the first major story objective

52.1%

First of Many Defeat your first boss

55.4%

Headhunter Recruit your first settler

58.8%

Do It Yourself Start a settlement

63.3%

Instant Nap Change your spawn point

64.6%

Watch Me! Equip your first trinket ability

70.3%

Spelunker Be careful to not get lost!

90.1%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.

In the news

6 stories

Fireshine Games acquires Necesse dev Fair Games, described as a "defining moment" for Danish indie studio

1 outlet · Oct 8, 2026

Settlement building co-op action-adventure Necesse 'Rust & Romance' update is a big one

1 outlet · Aug 4, 2026

Necesse’s Rust & Romance update adds relationships, scrapyard battles, and a free weekend

2 outlets · Jul 31, 2026

Necesse says that this week’s romance update will make the game more ‘lively’ and ‘cozy’

1 outlet · Jul 27, 2026

Necesse teases its July 30 Rust & Romance update with NPC relationships, biomes, and bumper cars

1 outlet · Jul 20, 2026

Necesse Is Launching Its “Rust & Romance” Update Later This Month

1 outlet · Jul 18, 2026

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