The Game Census
Attack of the Earthlings cover art

Attack of the Earthlings

Team Junkfish · Junkfish Limited · 2018-02-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 08, 2018 (Mac), Feb 08, 2018 (Linux), Mar 05, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 05, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.

Attack of the Earthlings is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 454 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 454 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3.68★
PlayStation Store rating (65 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Attack of the Earthlings is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Team Junkfish. It was published for Linux, macOS, and Windows in 2018, and Wales Interactive published it for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2019.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 454 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.59-83%
GOG$2.99-80%
WinGameStore$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-03-09) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 109 of 165 observed days · $1.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620182026Week of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.402018-02-082026-10-142018-02-08 — best price $22.492018-07-17 — best price $19.992019-03-08 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $9.992020-02-24 — best price $19.992020-06-18 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-01-31 — best price $16.882021-03-02 — best price $19.992021-04-26 — best price $16.882021-06-24 — best price $9.992021-12-03 — best price $16.882022-06-28 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-03-17 — best price $14.692023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-10-16 — best price $4.492024-01-22 — best price $4.492024-04-04 — best price $14.992024-05-24 — best price $13.782024-08-05 — best price $3.192024-10-08 — best price $4.492024-12-03 — best price $13.792025-02-08 — best price $2.922025-04-12 — best price $2.882025-06-09 — best price $12.422025-07-31 — best price $14.992025-10-15 — best price $2.992025-11-25 — best price $2.992026-01-30 — best price $14.992026-04-03 — best price $14.992026-06-05 — best price $2.542026-08-01 — best price $2.992026-08-31 — best price $2.992026-09-20 — best price $2.992026-10-10 — best price $2.592026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-05-29 — 1 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1 pageviews2026-08-01 — 0 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 2 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1 pageviews2026-09-18 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 2 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 0 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
87%
earned "Group Hug!"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9443%37
PS4 (PlayStation)12211%36
Xbox One (Xbox)1174%35

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

Player tags

GoreIndieAliensComedySci-fiStrategyDark HumorStory RichTurn-BasedDark Comedy

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsUnclaimed WorldSol 0: Mars ColonizationReverse CrawlPlanetbaseBronze Age - HD EditionAge of Wonders: PlanetfallInterstellar Space: Genesis

Similarity via IGDB.

Discord ↗Official site ↗