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Galactic Mining Corp cover art

Galactic Mining Corp

Windybeard · 2021-05-18

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.

Galactic Mining Corp is a 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $12.99, with Very Positive reviews from 84% of 939 reviews and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.

4
playing now
84%
positive of 941 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

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

Galactic Mining Corp is a game about building and expanding an intergalactic mining corporation. Head out into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your ever-growing profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy workforce, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything. Galactic Mining Corp is the highly anticipated successor to Geo! Hire more than 70 crew members with unique stats from around the galaxy to pilot your drills and power up you base. In Galactic Mining Corp everything is of value, from every bit of mud you drill to the strange space bana(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (350 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 941 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.19 at Steam (2023-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31231220212026Week of 2021-05-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5432May 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 543 · peak 1,286Jul 2021 — avg 35 · peak 78Sep 2021 — avg 22 · peak 59Nov 2021 — avg 12 · peak 31Jan 2022 — avg 20 · peak 58Mar 2022 — avg 12 · peak 33May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 47Jul 2022 — avg 21 · peak 64Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 38Jan 2023 — avg 15 · peak 42Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 33May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 21 · peak 75Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$5.192021-05-182026-08-032021-05-18 — best price $11.692022-01-05 — best price $12.992022-06-23 — best price $6.492022-11-07 — best price $12.992022-12-22 — best price $6.492023-01-30 — best price $12.992023-05-29 — best price $6.492023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-10-02 — best price $6.492023-11-28 — best price $12.992024-01-08 — best price $6.492024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-05-20 — best price $6.492024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-10-14 — best price $6.492024-12-04 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $6.492025-01-27 — best price $12.992025-04-14 — best price $6.492025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-09-08 — best price $6.492025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $5.192026-01-27 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $6.492026-05-01 — best price $12.992026-07-20 — best price $5.192026-08-03 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
91%
earned "Uncovered 10 space squares"
59.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-05-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,73121%100

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

Player tags

2DSpaceActionMiningEconomyBuildingCraftingSpace SimCapitalismManagement

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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