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Environmental Station Alpha cover art

Environmental Station Alpha

Arvi Teikari · Hempuli Oy · 2015-04-22

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 22, 2015 (Mac), Apr 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2024 (Linux)

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Environmental Station Alpha is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1658 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Environmental Station Alpha is a 2015 Metroidvania created by Finnish independent developer Arvi Teikari.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,658 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.79 at Humble Store (2022-11-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
130Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2016 — avg 8 · peak 28Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2019 — avg 8 · peak 27Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$2.792015-04-232026-05-282015-04-23 — best price $7.192015-05-16 — best price $7.992015-06-21 — best price $7.992015-12-01 — best price $7.992016-01-15 — best price $5.592016-04-25 — best price $7.992016-12-22 — best price $4.792017-04-25 — best price $7.992017-11-16 — best price $3.992017-12-25 — best price $3.992018-04-21 — best price $3.192018-05-10 — best price $5.592018-07-05 — best price $7.992018-12-22 — best price $3.992019-01-24 — best price $7.992019-07-08 — best price $7.992019-08-15 — best price $7.992019-12-19 — best price $3.192020-01-14 — best price $3.192020-04-23 — best price $3.192020-09-24 — best price $7.992021-08-14 — best price $3.192022-01-05 — best price $7.992022-05-06 — best price $3.992022-06-28 — best price $3.992022-11-11 — best price $7.992023-01-05 — best price $7.992023-08-28 — best price $4.792023-12-23 — best price $3.192024-01-05 — best price $7.992024-10-28 — best price $3.192025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $3.192026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-05-28 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

92102026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 24 pageviews2026-06-11 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 18 pageviews2026-07-05 — 24 pageviews2026-07-09 — 16 pageviews2026-07-13 — 25 pageviews2026-07-17 — 33 pageviews2026-07-21 — 46 pageviews2026-07-25 — 22 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 24 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-14 — 33 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-30 — 17 pageviews2026-09-03 — 13 pageviews2026-09-07 — 29 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 29 pageviews2026-09-19 — 23 pageviews2026-09-23 — 16 pageviews2026-09-27 — 20 pageviews2026-10-01 — 14 pageviews2026-10-05 — 22 pageviews2026-10-09 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
23.8%
earned "Class C"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-07-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6164%34

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroSpaceActionSci-fiAdventureDifficultPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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