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Children of a Dead Earth cover art

Children of a Dead Earth

Q Switched Productions, LLC · 2016-09-23

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!

7
playing now
90%
positive of 939 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

After Earth was consumed by a runaway greenhouse effect, humanity took to the nearby planets. Now, conflict brews between two major factions, the United Sol Trade Alliance and the Republic of the Free People.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 939 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2021-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1622026-08-11 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.992016-09-232026-07-092016-09-23 — best price $24.992017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-07-05 — best price $24.992018-01-04 — best price $24.992018-07-05 — best price $24.992018-11-27 — best price $24.992019-01-03 — best price $24.992019-07-09 — best price $24.992019-07-22 — best price $24.992019-12-03 — best price $24.992020-01-02 — best price $24.992020-01-27 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-12-01 — best price $24.992021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
77.9%
earned "Fresh Recruit"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7341%9

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceSci-fiPhysicsSandboxScienceStrategyDifficultRealisticSpace Sim

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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