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7 Days to Die

Archive EntryPreservation Record

7 Days to Die

Shelf markLIB-0021

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2024Game

Catalog Information

Original Title
7 Days to Die
Release
July 25, 2024
Developer
The Fun Pimps
Publisher
The Fun Pimps
Platform
PC · Steam
Medium
Digital edition · Steam
Subjects
Action · Adventure · Indie · Digital Preservation

Archival Status

Custody
Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy
Steam digital edition · The Fun Pimps build
Condition Report
Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
Acquisition
Digital acquisition · July 2026
Filed
August 3, 2026

Acquisition Record

How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.

Source
Steam
Acquired through
Digital library holding
Entered
August 3, 2026
Steam App ID
251570
Technical record
Holding reference
steam-251570
Provenance reconciled
August 3, 2026
Recorded playtime
3 hours 18 minutes
Store listing
Steam store listing

Curator Notes

Space held for curator writing on 7 Days to Die as a long-lived Steam survival holding.

Collection Documentation

Ownership is digital only. The retained object is the Steam license. Official cover artwork has been entered from Steam library art; collection photography does not apply.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware
Windows PC through Steam under archive custody
Original Hardware
PC · Steam digital edition
Playback Compatibility
Continued access requires the archive account and Steam’s ongoing support for the title.
Preservation Concerns
As with other account-bound Steam holdings: platform dependency, policy change, and the absence of a retained offline installer.
Edition History
Steam 1.0 release dated July 25, 2024. Earlier Early Access builds on Steam date from December 2013; this filing records the licensed digital edition in present custody.
Access Status
Playable from the archive Steam library for as long as that license and storefront path remain intact.

Connections

Editorial Record
Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.

Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

  1. Filed into the Library

    Accessioned as LIB-0021.

  2. Collection Documentation entered

  3. Connections established

  4. Official artwork entered

    Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.

  5. Editorial revision

    Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.

  6. Preservation Notes entered

  7. Published to the Bloodsoaked Library

    Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.

Record Colophon

Archive Identifier
LIB-0021
Filed
August 3, 2026
Last Curatorial Revision
Aug 3, 2026
Accession Source
Digital library holding
Archival Status
Catalogued · Permanent Record