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Exogate Initiative

Xeno Bits · 2025-01-28

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 28, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

Exogate Initiative is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2025, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, priced at $24.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 736 reviews).

13
playing now
76%
positive of 736 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (126 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 59 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 736 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.11 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 39 of 69 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10110120232026Week of 2023-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-09-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2147Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 214 · peak 495Jun 2023 — avg 37 · peak 132Aug 2023 — avg 9 · peak 29Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 65Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Apr 2024 — avg 19 · peak 76Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 38Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 133Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Feb 2025 — avg 199 · peak 949Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 60Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 41Aug 2025 — avg 24 · peak 68Oct 2025 — avg 47 · peak 363Dec 2025 — avg 20 · peak 55Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 49Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$8.512023-04-182026-08-252023-04-18 — best price $20.692023-06-22 — best price $22.992023-07-25 — best price $19.922023-08-29 — best price $18.392023-10-09 — best price $19.992023-10-26 — best price $16.552023-12-02 — best price $22.992024-01-15 — best price $22.992024-03-21 — best price $22.992024-04-06 — best price $21.132024-05-17 — best price $22.992024-06-13 — best price $22.992024-07-25 — best price $22.992024-09-02 — best price $16.092024-10-22 — best price $18.892024-11-27 — best price $18.742024-12-19 — best price $16.242025-01-23 — best price $14.992025-02-11 — best price $17.492025-03-24 — best price $16.242025-04-14 — best price $18.892025-07-13 — best price $24.992025-08-20 — best price $13.492025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-10-16 — best price $24.992025-12-01 — best price $24.242026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-17 — best price $11.192026-03-27 — best price $12.502026-04-28 — best price $12.372026-05-18 — best price $24.992026-06-24 — best price $21.962026-07-12 — best price $12.502026-07-21 — best price $24.492026-07-28 — best price $10.002026-08-20 — best price $23.492026-08-25 — best price $9.87
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "The Science Guy"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-01-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4001%44

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

Player tags

3DSci-fiFantasySandboxBuildingStrategyTacticalManagementSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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