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EXAPUNKS cover art

EXAPUNKS

Zachtronics · 2018-10-22

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 22, 2018 (Linux), Oct 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 22, 2018 (Mac)

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

EXAPUNKS is an Indie and Simulation title released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (95% of 1896 reviews).

8
playing now
95%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Exapunks is a programming game developed by Zachtronics. It was released into early access on August 9, 2018, and fully released on October 22, 2018.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 59 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–114k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,896 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Fanatical (2022-04-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 41 of 76 observed days · $11.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13013020182026Week of 2018-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2132026-09-15 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2879Aug 2018Aug 2026Aug 2018 — avg 287 · peak 750Nov 2018 — avg 69 · peak 179Feb 2019 — avg 32 · peak 76May 2019 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2019 — avg 47 · peak 254Nov 2019 — avg 21 · peak 54Feb 2020 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2020 — avg 33 · peak 67Aug 2020 — avg 22 · peak 52Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 62Feb 2021 — avg 21 · peak 54May 2021 — avg 14 · peak 29Aug 2021 — avg 14 · peak 34Nov 2021 — avg 18 · peak 47Feb 2022 — avg 16 · peak 37May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Aug 2022 — avg 18 · peak 36Nov 2022 — avg 19 · peak 41Feb 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 48Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 38Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 38Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 27May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 51Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 41Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 42May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992018-08-092026-10-152018-08-09 — best price $15.992018-12-07 — best price $14.372019-04-26 — best price $19.992019-08-15 — best price $19.992019-12-13 — best price $13.392020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-05-02 — best price $19.992020-08-28 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $9.992021-04-01 — best price $9.992021-08-30 — best price $9.992021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-03-29 — best price $9.992022-07-19 — best price $9.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-01-06 — best price $19.992023-03-24 — best price $19.992023-07-17 — best price $9.992023-10-25 — best price $9.992024-01-09 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $9.992024-11-01 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

14092026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 20 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-02 — 56 pageviews2026-07-06 — 38 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-14 — 21 pageviews2026-07-18 — 27 pageviews2026-07-22 — 28 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-07 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 16 pageviews2026-08-23 — 15 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 22 pageviews2026-09-16 — 25 pageviews2026-09-20 — 16 pageviews2026-09-24 — 16 pageviews2026-09-28 — 140 pageviews2026-10-02 — 23 pageviews2026-10-06 — 16 pageviews2026-10-10 — 14 pageviews2026-10-13 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
29.3%
earned "АГИТАТОР"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9302%16
Windows (Xbox)20734%16

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

Player tags

IndieLogicPuzzleHackingSandboxCyberpunkDifficultAutomationSimulationProgramming

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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