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Beyond Contact

Playcorp Studios · Deep Silver · 2023-04-04

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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?

Beyond Contact is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 1142 reviews).

25
playing now
71%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (1.8k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 58 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,142 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%

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 51 of 60 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620212026Week of 2021-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2512026-09-15 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1026Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 90 · peak 175Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 26Jan 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Mar 2022 — avg 20 · peak 136May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 30Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Jan 2023 — avg 18 · peak 239Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 41 · peak 127Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 35Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 75Nov 2023 — avg 36 · peak 113Jan 2024 — avg 18 · peak 56Mar 2024 — avg 83 · peak 398May 2024 — avg 15 · peak 45Jul 2024 — avg 18 · peak 56Sep 2024 — avg 22 · peak 64Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 36Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 32Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 37May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 39Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 30Mar 2026 — avg 24 · peak 107May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992021-09-212026-10-122021-09-21 — 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 $3.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-12 — best price $1.99
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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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