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Archean

batcholi · 2024-05-16

Steam

IndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: May 16, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 16, 2024 (Linux)

Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.

Archean is a 2024 Indie, Simulation, Early Access game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 252 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

12
playing now
88%
positive of 252 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.0k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 252 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2024-12-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620242026Week of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2052026-09-15 01:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
465May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 72Jul 2024 — avg 46 · peak 97Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 56Sep 2024 — avg 19 · peak 47Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 26Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 20Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 37Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 26Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 39May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 40Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-05-162026-07-092024-05-16 — best price $14.992024-05-30 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-07-23 — best price $15.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $15.992024-09-09 — best price $19.992024-10-14 — best price $15.992024-10-21 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $15.992024-12-26 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $14.992025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-19 — best price $15.992025-04-27 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-08-24 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-15 — best price $13.992025-11-23 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-01 — best price $13.992026-02-08 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-15 — best price $13.992026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

SpacePhysicsSandboxScienceBuildingCraftingRealisticSpace SimOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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