The Game Census
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Cliff Empire

Lion's Shade · 2019-08-06

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

24
playing now
87%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (493 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 109k–262k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,373 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 7 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41741720182026Week of 2018-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5572026-08-06 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 38 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 55 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$7.492018-04-302026-08-242018-04-30 — best price $7.642018-06-22 — best price $8.092019-07-31 — best price $11.992019-12-03 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $11.992020-03-22 — best price $11.992020-11-10 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $11.992022-04-26 — best price $11.992022-06-24 — best price $9.742022-12-22 — best price $10.492023-01-23 — best price $9.742023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-08-18 — best price $8.692023-11-21 — best price $11.992024-01-08 — best price $9.742024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-05-27 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-08-19 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $10.492025-03-28 — best price $10.492025-06-26 — best price $8.992025-08-14 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $10.492025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-13 — best price $17.992026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-08-24 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
59%
earned "Great build"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Czech, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9003%20

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

Player tags

Sci-fiEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyDifficultColony SimFuturisticManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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