Miasmata

Miasmata

IonFx · November 28, 2012 · Survival, Exploration, Indie, Adventure, First-Person

Buy the Miasmata key for Steam from Kinguin at $2.25 — the cheapest of 8 stores we compare.

PC
Mostly Positive77% · 1,23776Metacritic
Best price 51 Good deal
$2.25-83%
lowest tracked $0.99
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Fanatical
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$13.49
$14.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
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GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
$14.99
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Kinguin
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.25
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Standard Edition · Steam
$3.02
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.83
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.95
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CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$3.83
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Miasmata price by region

Miasmata costs £2.13 in the United Kingdom, $2.25 in the United States, $2.25 in Georgia (USD), €2.45 in Europe (EUR), zł12.02 in Poland, CA$15.29 in Canada, R$17.02 in Brazil, NZ$17.99 in New Zealand and A$18.44 in Australia right now.

Cheapest Miasmata offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.13 −80% £10.79 £2.13 6
United Statesyour region $2.25 −83% $13.49 $2.25 8
Georgia (USD) $2.25 −77% $9.99 $2.25 7
Europe (EUR) €2.45 −82% €13.49 €2.45 7
Poland zł12.02 −78% zł53.99 zł12.02 4
Canada CA$15.29 −10% CA$15.29 — 3
Brazil R$17.02 −32% R$24.99 R$17.02 3
New Zealand NZ$17.99 NZ$17.99 — 2
Australia A$18.44 −10% A$18.44 — 3

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

About Miasmata

✦ AI summary

Survive on a mysterious island while plague-stricken, crafting medicines from plants and evading a deadly stalking creature through stealth and cunning exploration. This first-person adventure stands out for its immersive hand-drawn cartography system, lush natural environments, and tense cat-and-mouse encounters with an intelligent predator.

<p>Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island. Long ago, the island was inhabited by a group of indigenous people, whose extant monuments still decorate the island landscape. The island is now home to a scientific research outpost and it is your hope to reunite with your colleagues working there. Unfortunately, you'll soon discover that something has gone terribly wrong.
</p>

<p>During your adventure, you will encounter a mysterious and deadly creature. This creature can stalk you for miles, lurking behind grasses and vegetative cover. By treading carefully and with stealth, you may be able to elude the creature. If you are careless, however, you will be forced to confront the creature head-on.
</p>

<h2>Key Features</h2>

<ul>
<li><strong>Experience:</strong> An engine built from the ground up, featuring voxel-based volumetric clouds, advanced water reflection and refraction, volumetric light-shafts and atmospheric scattering simulations.
<li><strong>Explore:</strong> A lush and incredibly detailed natural world. The island landscape is covered by forests with lush canopies. The terrain surfaces are blanketed by tufts of moss and grass. The forest floors have thick undergrowth and are littered with fallen leaves, rotting logs, stumps and sticks.
<li><strong>Discover:</strong> Dozens of camps, outposts and ruins. Find maps, notes and clues that lead you on your adventure.
<li><strong>Survive:</strong> A deadly world. Discover plants and fungi and synthesize them into life-saving medicines. Find water and shelter to stave off fever, dehydration and exhaustion. Use stealth and cunning to escape the deadly creature.
<li><strong>Create:</strong> A map of the island using an innovative cartography mechanic. Use a true-to-life triangulation system to pinpoint your location on the island and construct a map of the its boundaries, contours and landmarks.
</ul>

Miasmata — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Miasmata is a unique atmospheric exploration game that players praise for its immersive world, sense of solitude, and original gameplay centered on mapping and discovery. However, many players find it marred by frustrating design decisions, particularly the creature's relentless pursuit mechanics that feel unfair and punishing, along with technical issues like blurry graphics and the protagonist's clunky movement that can cause headaches.

Recommended Sep 2, 2026
An incredible game, 14 years on im still thinking about the first steps (and falling) around the map. Well worth playing if you havent, its all about atmosphere and exploration (and danger). Just immerse yourself into it.
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Recommended Sep 2, 2026
Miasmata caught my attention for its original idea and genuinely different gameplay. Its beautiful scenarios create an immersive world that feels both mysterious and alive. The strong sensation of solitude makes every discovery feel personal and meaningful. It's a unique and unusual experience, for anyone looking for something beyond conventional triple A games.
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Not recommended Aug 9, 2026
It's a cool game. But I can't recommend it, since I never (in about 5 attempts) finished the game. Once I get to the point, where the creature just home in on me everytime, no matter the hiding spot and all you can do is just distract it and run away, I just don't want to continue. It's so bad of a game design decision on devs part, that I just can't make myself continue, yet I come back to it every once in a while for the atmosphere. But let's back it up a little. What is this game? It's a walking simulator. But not the kind, where you walk and look at things to hear more dialogue. More like a Death Stranding kind of walking simulator. And it was before Death Stranding, so people were hella pissed about how our protag walks like a tank and can stumble and fall. I thought it was actually great. And still think it is. Walking control is unwieldy, but it's intentional. We play as a very sick man in search of a cure, that washed ashore of an island, where reaserch into our cure was underway. We collect samples of plants and mushrooms, get it back to a nearest shack with microscope and figure out what we need. And to do that we do a lot of walking around a big island with lots of vert…
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Not recommended Aug 25, 2026
Ugly, blurry, gives me headaches while playing. Not recommended and removed from account.
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
Many years have passed since I played it, hopefully I forgot the map and can replay one day, waiting for this with anticipation. One of the best game like ever. It is about making the map and some horror element that try to prevent you from doing it, but it is more about atmosphere. Didn't find anything like it.
Not recommended Aug 8, 2026
cool one but the creature ruins everything

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