Crit

Containment Initiative

Buy89%

Very Positive · 537 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Gwyn Games LLC · FPS · Apr 14, 2017

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
13
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Containment Initiative?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 134 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 537 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise33% are divided8% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
134 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Considering it's age, it is a good title to play solo or coop.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
86 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay that delivers feverish action and suspense whether you are defending, surviving, or scavenging.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This is no arcade experience with meaningless weapons such as some other VR zombie shooters, but as said earlier it has gorgeous detailed real weapons in the game and their reloading mechanics.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Finally Containment Initiative is although an unpolished game, It differs from other VR zombie shooters and is a very fun Local Multiplayer PC/VR game.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
For running on a GTX1070Ti/16GB RAM/i7-8700, the performance and graphics are solid.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This mechanic sets the difficulty tone and makes it fun to master the weapon and rule the scene once you do.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op134 reviews
Gameplay86 reviews
Combat46 reviews
Multiplayer34 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
86% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
70% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Tracked Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • VR Only

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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