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ASTRONEER cover art

ASTRONEER

System Era Softworks · 2019-02-05

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

AdventureIndie

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

Releases: Jan 13, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 20, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Feb 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 06, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 15, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

ASTRONEER is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 139,316 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1,224
playing now
92%
positive of 140k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
39
twitch viewers (latest)
3.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (128 ratings)
172
Nexus mods (290k downloads)
4.12★
PlayStation Store rating (8,126 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 58% recommend · from 27 critics
51h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 69h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,224 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Astroneer, officially stylized in all caps, is a 2019 sandbox adventure game developed and published by American studio System Era Softworks. The game was released through early access in December 2016 before a full release on February 6, 2019. The player is tasked with colonizing planets, creating structures, and collecting resources. The character is called an Astroneer and the player can travel to planets to activate cores and complete the game. There are often rewards given to players upon completion of core activation, most notably a suit and/or visor.

Trailer

ASTRONEER trailer thumbnail

Astroneer - Official Launch Trailer

≈389,843 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,224 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,054 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~507/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-01

Tier history: healthy→cooling (Oct 1), unknown→healthy (Aug 27)

Estimated sales: 3.5M–8.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 139,724 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$6.78-77%
Humble Store$7.49-75%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.29 at Fanatical (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 50 of 77 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.3k5.3k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,447 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 656 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,707 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,810 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5,295 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,609 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,875 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,308 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,326 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,822 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,747 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,577 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 975 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,633 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,458 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,463 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 997 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,212 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,811 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,021 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,056 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,551 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,773 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,767 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,270 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 832 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,690 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 821 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.8k7092026-09-15 11:00 — 1,002 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 1,477 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 914 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 1,322 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2,146 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 957 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 865 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,508 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,160 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,267 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,394 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 949 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 727 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,569 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 2,005 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 1,039 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,680 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 1,431 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,029 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,234 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 2,844 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,356 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,224 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.0k0Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 742 · peak 1,592Jul 2017 — avg 482 · peak 1,107Nov 2017 — avg 576 · peak 1,094Mar 2018 — avg 1,806 · peak 4,355Jul 2018 — avg 1,374 · peak 3,153Nov 2018 — avg 1,011 · peak 2,755Mar 2019 — avg 3,450 · peak 8,482Jul 2019 — avg 2,398 · peak 4,861Nov 2019 — avg 1,894 · peak 3,879Mar 2020 — avg 1,844 · peak 3,242Jul 2020 — avg 3,737 · peak 7,289Nov 2020 — avg 1,752 · peak 3,681Mar 2021 — avg 1,252 · peak 2,357Jul 2021 — avg 2,465 · peak 4,681Nov 2021 — avg 1,483 · peak 3,290Mar 2022 — avg 1,571 · peak 3,149Jul 2022 — avg 4,460 · peak 12,386Nov 2022 — avg 2,254 · peak 5,753Mar 2023 — avg 1,991 · peak 4,619Jul 2023 — avg 3,753 · peak 8,415Nov 2023 — avg 1,437 · peak 3,657Mar 2024 — avg 1,917 · peak 4,086Jul 2024 — avg 2,064 · peak 4,075Nov 2024 — avg 4,724 · peak 15,179Mar 2025 — avg 1,641 · peak 3,429Jul 2025 — avg 2,066 · peak 4,275Nov 2025 — avg 4,289 · peak 13,470Mar 2026 — avg 1,589 · peak 3,904Jul 2026 — avg 1,415 · peak 2,796Aug 2026 — avg 1,081 · peak 1,898
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
22222026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 8 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 22 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 15 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 14 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 16 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 15 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 16 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 16 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$5.652016-12-172026-10-122016-12-17 — best price $19.992018-03-01 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $19.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-06-22 — best price $22.492019-09-13 — best price $22.492019-12-17 — best price $19.492020-04-13 — best price $19.492020-07-23 — best price $19.492020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-03-30 — best price $29.992021-09-27 — best price $19.492021-12-22 — best price $14.992022-04-22 — best price $14.992022-09-19 — best price $14.992023-01-30 — best price $29.992023-07-20 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-04-15 — best price $11.992024-07-09 — best price $29.992024-11-21 — best price $7.492025-01-27 — best price $9.892025-03-06 — best price $29.992025-04-17 — best price $7.492025-06-28 — best price $7.492025-09-04 — best price $29.992025-11-20 — best price $8.992026-01-15 — best price $8.992026-03-30 — best price $7.492026-05-07 — best price $22.492026-07-02 — best price $7.492026-08-13 — best price $29.992026-09-05 — best price $8.992026-10-01 — best price $6.782026-10-12 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

131382026-05-29 — 95 pageviews2026-06-02 — 104 pageviews2026-06-06 — 126 pageviews2026-06-10 — 97 pageviews2026-06-14 — 124 pageviews2026-06-18 — 92 pageviews2026-06-22 — 81 pageviews2026-06-26 — 75 pageviews2026-06-30 — 65 pageviews2026-07-04 — 52 pageviews2026-07-08 — 63 pageviews2026-07-12 — 56 pageviews2026-07-16 — 76 pageviews2026-07-20 — 67 pageviews2026-07-24 — 61 pageviews2026-07-28 — 66 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 47 pageviews2026-08-09 — 51 pageviews2026-08-13 — 54 pageviews2026-08-17 — 61 pageviews2026-08-21 — 64 pageviews2026-08-25 — 42 pageviews2026-08-29 — 81 pageviews2026-09-02 — 63 pageviews2026-09-06 — 63 pageviews2026-09-10 — 66 pageviews2026-09-14 — 66 pageviews2026-09-18 — 53 pageviews2026-09-22 — 60 pageviews2026-09-26 — 70 pageviews2026-09-30 — 63 pageviews2026-10-04 — 51 pageviews2026-10-08 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

45102026-09-30 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 23 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 39 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
75.3%
earned "A Little Byte Goes a Long Way"
27.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TV9 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2016-12-16, latest 2025-11-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)54,0511%56
Steam (Steam)51,2426%56
PS4 (PlayStation)15,9283%56
PS5 (PlayStation)7,3331%56
Switch (Nintendo)2070%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opSpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureAutomationOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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