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Alan's Automaton Workshop

Laputa Labs · 2022-01-20

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 20, 2022 (Mac), Jan 20, 2022 (Linux)

Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.

Alan's Automaton Workshop is a Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 215 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 215 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (81 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 16,722 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.7k copies

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

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920222026Week of 2022-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
521Jan 2022Dec 2024Jan 2022 — avg 52 · peak 117Feb 2022 — avg 14 · peak 48Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 20Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 19Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$8.992022-01-202026-07-092022-01-20 — best price $13.492022-06-23 — best price $11.992022-08-04 — best price $11.992022-09-13 — best price $11.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $11.992023-03-16 — best price $11.242023-04-24 — best price $11.242023-06-29 — best price $11.242023-10-03 — best price $11.242023-11-21 — best price $11.242023-12-21 — best price $11.242024-01-15 — best price $11.242024-03-14 — best price $10.492024-06-27 — best price $10.492024-10-07 — best price $10.492024-11-14 — best price $10.492024-11-27 — best price $10.492024-12-20 — best price $10.492025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-06-26 — best price $9.742025-10-01 — best price $9.742025-10-13 — best price $9.742025-12-18 — best price $9.742026-01-29 — best price $9.742026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
69%
earned "Scirocco the Watchbird"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-06-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3215%6

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicHorrorPuzzleSandboxBuildingEducationSteampunkAutomation

Census log

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

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