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Before We Leave

Balancing Monkey Games · Team17 · 2021-05-13

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CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 05, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 03, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 23, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), May 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 05, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 18, 2021 (Mac)

Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.

Before We Leave is a Casual, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1729 reviews).

21
playing now
78%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3.89★
PlayStation Store rating (201 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Before We Leave is a city-building video game developed by Balancing Monkey Games and released by Team 17.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (436 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,730 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
Steam$6.49-75%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.87 at 2game (2022-05-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 143 of 209 observed days · $2.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34634620212026Week of 2021-05-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2322026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
66510May 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 665 · peak 2,290Jul 2021 — avg 108 · peak 462Sep 2021 — avg 58 · peak 175Nov 2021 — avg 26 · peak 71Jan 2022 — avg 36 · peak 93Mar 2022 — avg 98 · peak 266May 2022 — avg 63 · peak 194Jul 2022 — avg 44 · peak 103Sep 2022 — avg 39 · peak 102Nov 2022 — avg 29 · peak 58Jan 2023 — avg 29 · peak 69Mar 2023 — avg 65 · peak 368May 2023 — avg 28 · peak 65Jul 2023 — avg 21 · peak 49Sep 2023 — avg 20 · peak 51Nov 2023 — avg 25 · peak 61Jan 2024 — avg 47 · peak 262Mar 2024 — avg 28 · peak 88May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 36Jul 2024 — avg 19 · peak 40Sep 2024 — avg 20 · peak 50Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 34Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 36Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 40May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 61Jul 2025 — avg 15 · peak 36Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 38Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 36Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 35Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 43May 2026 — avg 13 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 13 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-05-082026-10-142020-05-08 — best price $0.002021-05-30 — best price $17.882021-08-14 — best price $17.992021-10-03 — best price $19.992021-12-03 — best price $17.882022-01-16 — best price $7.992022-03-05 — best price $16.792022-04-30 — best price $6.642022-06-24 — best price $19.992022-08-23 — best price $6.162022-10-17 — best price $16.812022-12-16 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $4.252023-05-18 — best price $4.992023-07-14 — best price $3.992023-10-03 — best price $16.792023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-30 — best price $16.792024-03-11 — best price $4.402024-05-02 — best price $3.992024-07-15 — best price $3.552024-08-25 — best price $3.892024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-11-25 — best price $3.992024-12-31 — best price $3.972025-02-16 — best price $4.102025-04-11 — best price $5.002025-05-29 — best price $5.002025-07-22 — best price $4.602025-09-04 — best price $4.492025-10-20 — best price $4.992025-12-19 — best price $5.002026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $5.192026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $19.402026-08-20 — best price $17.492026-09-14 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1532026-05-28 — 4 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-05 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 9 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 12 pageviews2026-08-20 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 pageviews2026-09-01 — 9 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 10 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 13 pageviews2026-09-21 — 10 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
65.9%
earned "Blacksmith"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-05-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)6,0641%55
Steam (Steam)4,9811%56
PS5 (PlayStation)3784%56
PS4 (PlayStation)1456%56
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

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

Player tags

3DSpaceCasualSci-fiEconomyBuildingHex GridRelaxingSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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