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Exoplanet: First Contact

Alersteam · GrabTheGames · 2016-12-09

Steam

ActionRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 09, 2016 (Linux)

Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls. Sometimes the right word makes a bigger impact than a big gun. Explore local culture and mysteries, and discover the harsh yet beautiful nature in this handcrafted singleplayer action RPG.

1
playing now
74%
positive of 331 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

You are playing as Jack Sharp, a daring adventurer, stranded against his will on a dangerous, wild planet known as K'Tharsis. Before Mister Sharp landed on the K’Tharsis, he was a proud owner of a hunk-a-junk private spaceship, the small freighter that he loved more than his life. His spaceship was both his home and the manifestation of freedom to Jack. In the prologue of our story this most precious thing was taken from him by force. Delivering suspicious "geologists" with military implants (ha!) and their equipment to a smugglers landing on the remote planet was quite risky, but the call of(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 331 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at WinGameStore (2022-04-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 41 of 65 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992016-12-102026-07-302016-12-10 — best price $17.992017-05-25 — best price $19.992017-09-09 — best price $12.002018-02-13 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $19.992018-10-11 — best price $19.992019-01-01 — best price $19.992019-05-24 — best price $18.992019-11-15 — best price $17.992020-01-08 — best price $17.992020-02-14 — best price $17.992020-05-22 — best price $17.992020-07-02 — best price $19.992020-08-08 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $16.882020-10-18 — best price $19.992020-11-20 — best price $16.882020-12-30 — best price $16.882021-02-05 — best price $16.882021-03-19 — best price $19.992021-04-25 — best price $15.992021-05-30 — best price $16.882021-10-07 — best price $19.992022-04-22 — best price $17.412022-11-16 — best price $15.892023-05-22 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-05-19 — best price $15.892024-10-23 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-08-15 — best price $19.992025-12-10 — best price $19.992026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-07-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PvERPGWesternNonlinearAction RPGOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationEarly AccessReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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