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After the Collapse

Anarkis Gaming · 2022-09-09

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

After the Collapse is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 215 reviews).

2
playing now
78%
positive of 215 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Thanks to its urban and semi-urban environments, After The Collapse has a strong focus on scavenging, repairing and reusing existing structures and technologies. You'll have to send scouts to explore the wastelands and trade with other groups if you want your small colony to thrive.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 215 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
240Oct 2018Aug 2026Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2022 — avg 12 · peak 42Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 4Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$5.992018-10-082026-08-032018-10-08 — best price $8.092018-12-10 — best price $8.092019-01-10 — best price $9.992019-04-29 — best price $9.992019-06-17 — best price $9.992019-08-12 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $10.992020-01-20 — best price $10.992020-03-16 — best price $10.992020-07-09 — best price $10.992020-08-31 — best price $9.592020-10-29 — best price $10.192020-12-07 — best price $10.192021-01-25 — best price $9.592021-04-12 — best price $10.192021-06-24 — best price $8.992021-11-01 — best price $12.992021-12-01 — best price $12.992022-02-03 — best price $12.992022-09-09 — best price $11.242022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-12-11 — best price $11.242024-01-22 — best price $11.242024-04-01 — best price $12.742024-06-27 — best price $11.242024-10-07 — best price $11.242024-11-27 — best price $10.492025-01-06 — best price $11.242025-03-24 — best price $7.492025-06-27 — best price $9.892025-08-25 — best price $11.242025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-02-23 — best price $10.042026-06-15 — best price $11.242026-07-27 — best price $11.242026-08-03 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
91.1%
earned "Baby Steps"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3030%43

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Sci-fiSandboxCraftingModdableStrategySurvivalTop-DownColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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