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Destination Ares

Pat Scott · 2017-09-22

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You're the AI of a rickety colony ship, bound for the red planet. You have limited resources, a desperate crew, and an unknown fate awaiting you. Can you survive the journey across the Big Black?

Destination Ares is a 2017 Adventure, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 25 reviews).

0
playing now
48%
positive of 25 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2020-05-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992016-11-152026-08-032016-11-15 — best price $11.992017-02-27 — best price $11.992017-06-22 — best price $13.592017-09-29 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-01-15 — best price $19.992018-03-19 — best price $19.992018-06-09 — best price $19.842018-07-21 — best price $19.842018-10-29 — best price $12.992018-12-16 — best price $11.902019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-06-17 — best price $19.842019-09-23 — best price $19.842019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-20 — best price $19.992020-03-16 — best price $4.592020-05-12 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-19 — best price $9.992023-01-30 — best price $9.992023-04-03 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $9.992023-11-06 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-09-30 — best price $8.992024-12-11 — best price $9.992025-01-17 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $9.992025-07-26 — best price $7.492025-10-13 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-07-27 — best price $4.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
52%
earned "Think Minesweeper"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DMarsNoirFunnySpaceStrategyDifficultSpace SimColony SimDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.