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Empyrion - Galactic Survival cover art

Empyrion - Galactic Survival

Eleon Game Studios · 2020-08-05

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Aug 05, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!

Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 2020 Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 34,433 reviews) and an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners.

540
playing now
78%
positive of 34k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
66/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
166
Nexus mods (52k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

540 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Empyrion - Galactic Survival is an open-world sandbox adventure game. It was released via early access on 5 August 2015 by Eleon Game Studios.

Trailer

Empyrion - Galactic Survival trailer thumbnail

Empyrion - Galactic Survival: Announcement Trailer

≈144,307 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 540 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 499 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~62/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 689k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 34,448 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Epic Game Store (2025-09-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70170120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k4072026-09-15 12:00 — 511 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 803 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 485 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 668 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,101 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 560 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 485 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 782 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 669 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 689 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 761 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 623 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 407 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 697 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 916 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 448 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 626 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 744 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 442 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 725 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,076 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 514 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 483 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 540 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.6k17Jul 2015Aug 2026Jul 2015 — avg 17 · peak 32Nov 2015 — avg 501 · peak 1,194Mar 2016 — avg 593 · peak 1,203Jul 2016 — avg 1,224 · peak 2,217Nov 2016 — avg 1,597 · peak 3,094Mar 2017 — avg 1,458 · peak 2,961Jul 2017 — avg 2,391 · peak 4,702Nov 2017 — avg 2,414 · peak 4,692Mar 2018 — avg 1,479 · peak 2,602Jul 2018 — avg 3,158 · peak 6,272Nov 2018 — avg 1,347 · peak 2,566Mar 2019 — avg 1,750 · peak 3,357Jul 2019 — avg 2,442 · peak 4,415Nov 2019 — avg 1,544 · peak 3,205Mar 2020 — avg 1,461 · peak 2,609Jul 2020 — avg 3,552 · peak 6,870Nov 2020 — avg 2,022 · peak 3,417Mar 2021 — avg 1,859 · peak 3,163Jul 2021 — avg 1,965 · peak 3,383Nov 2021 — avg 1,612 · peak 2,835Mar 2022 — avg 1,540 · peak 2,947Jul 2022 — avg 2,744 · peak 4,979Nov 2022 — avg 1,763 · peak 3,059Mar 2023 — avg 1,627 · peak 2,971Jul 2023 — avg 1,829 · peak 3,058Nov 2023 — avg 1,480 · peak 2,558Mar 2024 — avg 1,417 · peak 2,428Jul 2024 — avg 1,227 · peak 2,254Nov 2024 — avg 1,387 · peak 2,471Mar 2025 — avg 1,196 · peak 2,246Jul 2025 — avg 944 · peak 1,729Nov 2025 — avg 1,022 · peak 1,833Mar 2026 — avg 966 · peak 1,694Jul 2026 — avg 762 · peak 1,369Aug 2026 — avg 802 · peak 1,395
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
222026-09-242026-10-132026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$5.992015-08-052026-07-232015-08-05 — best price $16.192016-02-05 — best price $10.792016-08-22 — best price $19.992017-02-07 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-09-07 — best price $15.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $10.002019-11-23 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-09-28 — best price $19.992022-06-22 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-11-06 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $10.002024-02-14 — best price $19.992024-04-01 — best price $7.992024-05-25 — best price $19.992024-07-08 — best price $19.992024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-10-07 — best price $8.002024-11-02 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-03-06 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $7.992025-09-12 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $6.002025-12-06 — best price $19.992026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $8.002026-04-24 — best price $9.992026-07-16 — best price $7.992026-07-23 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3842026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 38 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 16 pageviews2026-06-30 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews2026-08-29 — 13 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-22 — 15 pageviews2026-09-26 — 13 pageviews2026-09-30 — 13 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6802026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
1.2%
earned "Anniversary 2026"
0.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Greek

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-02-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2210%22

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opSpaceVoxelSci-fiPhysicsSandboxBuildingSurvivalSpace SimOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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