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Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft

Luden.io · 2024-02-19

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 19, 2024 (Linux), Feb 19, 2024 (Mac), Feb 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.

Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 682 reviews).

28
playing now
84%
positive of 682 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (132 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 682 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.09 at Steam (2026-03-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 24 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11911920242026Week of 2024-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13602026-09-15 01:00 — 110 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 76 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 89 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 64 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 84 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 54 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 27 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 32 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 37 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
904Feb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 90 · peak 161Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 114Apr 2024 — avg 19 · peak 57May 2024 — avg 17 · peak 76Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 67Jul 2024 — avg 15 · peak 40Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 221Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 87Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 28Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 13 · peak 45Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 126Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 40Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 29Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 34Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 15Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$7.092024-02-192026-08-122024-02-19 — best price $8.992024-03-08 — best price $9.992024-05-07 — best price $7.992024-06-03 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-07-22 — best price $9.992024-09-04 — best price $9.992024-10-07 — best price $7.492024-10-28 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-14 — best price $7.692025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.692025-03-24 — best price $7.592025-05-14 — best price $7.992025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $7.192025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $7.192025-11-17 — best price $7.492025-12-11 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $7.092026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $7.492026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $7.292026-08-12 — best price $7.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
96%
earned "Craftsman"
20.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

32 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-02-19, latest 2024-04-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCuteIndiePuzzleRobotsSandboxCraftingStrategyEducationAutomation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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