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Automata Empire

Nonadecimal Creative · 2016-04-08

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 08, 2016 (Linux), Apr 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2016 (Mac)

Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.

70%
positive of 53 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 63% of 27,261 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2020-04-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920162025Week of 2016-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$0.892016-04-092026-08-312016-04-09 — best price $8.992016-09-08 — best price $6.742016-11-25 — best price $6.292017-01-26 — best price $8.992017-05-11 — best price $4.492017-09-21 — best price $8.992017-11-22 — best price $4.042018-01-25 — best price $8.992018-05-10 — best price $3.142018-09-13 — best price $8.992018-11-15 — best price $2.692019-02-12 — best price $8.992019-06-26 — best price $1.792019-11-01 — best price $8.992020-01-02 — best price $8.992020-06-25 — best price $1.792021-01-05 — best price $8.992021-10-28 — best price $1.792022-11-18 — best price $1.792022-12-22 — best price $1.792023-03-23 — best price $8.992023-08-28 — best price $1.792023-11-28 — best price $8.992024-03-25 — best price $1.792024-06-15 — best price $8.992024-08-26 — best price $1.792024-12-04 — best price $8.992025-01-20 — best price $1.792025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $1.792025-09-01 — best price $8.992026-03-09 — best price $1.792026-04-27 — best price $8.992026-07-13 — best price $1.792026-08-31 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

PvEPvPRTSIdlerWargameGod GameLemmingsMedievalEducationAutomation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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