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Beyond Contact

Playcorp Studios · Deep Silver · 2023-04-04

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: 2022 (PlayStation 4), 2022 (PlayStation 5), 2022 (Xbox One), 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fiercely formidable sci-fi survival game, set on a hostile alien world that wants you dead! Alone, or with a crew, do you have what it takes to survive?

7
playing now
71%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

In the year 2766, Quinn Hicks an elite member of Space Corps, the expeditionary arm of the UWC, is called in to respond to a growing crisis at the edge of known space. The planet of Ketern is breaking apart, a yet unknown energy source emanating from the planet's interior is threatening the civilization that calls Ketern home...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 10,801 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,132 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Fanatical (2024-12-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 37 of 47 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1312026-08-11 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992021-09-212026-08-202021-09-21 — best price $14.992022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-09-10 — best price $14.992022-11-07 — best price $14.992022-12-05 — best price $9.892023-02-07 — best price $14.992023-03-24 — best price $9.742023-06-06 — best price $9.442023-08-07 — best price $8.992023-09-23 — best price $8.992023-11-03 — best price $8.992023-12-11 — best price $7.492024-02-01 — best price $19.992024-03-07 — best price $6.992024-04-22 — best price $7.992024-06-03 — best price $7.592024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-09-01 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $5.592024-12-03 — best price $2.992025-02-05 — best price $3.992025-03-21 — best price $2.992025-05-19 — best price $2.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-05-07 — best price $3.992026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-08-20 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
64%
earned "Detective"
13.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2381%29

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionCombatSci-fiCraftingSurvivalAdventureRogue-likeMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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