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Galacticare

Brightrock Games · Mythwright · 2024-05-23

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CasualSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2024 (PlayStation 5), May 23, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Build, manage and optimise intergalactic hospitals! Recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species, and cure their bizarre illnesses - for money! Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.

86%
positive of 659 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)
Galacticare is a 2024 business simulation game developed by Brightrock Games and published by Cult Games for the PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S. The game was announced in March 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (253 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 12,925 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 659 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.43 at GreenManGaming (2024-12-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 41 of 78 observed days · $10.56 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22822820242026Week of 2024-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$19.432024-05-232026-09-092024-05-23 — best price $26.992024-06-07 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $29.992024-11-09 — best price $29.992024-12-13 — best price $19.432025-01-22 — best price $29.992025-02-28 — best price $23.992025-03-19 — best price $29.992025-04-18 — best price $22.492025-05-14 — best price $29.992025-05-23 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-09 — best price $29.992025-09-27 — best price $29.992025-10-20 — best price $29.992025-11-05 — best price $29.992025-11-25 — best price $22.492025-12-12 — best price $22.492026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-20 — best price $29.992026-02-05 — best price $22.492026-03-02 — best price $22.492026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-13 — best price $22.492026-05-01 — best price $22.492026-05-15 — best price $19.792026-05-27 — best price $29.992026-06-17 — best price $19.792026-07-02 — best price $29.992026-07-16 — best price $29.992026-08-11 — best price $29.992026-08-21 — best price $19.792026-09-03 — best price $29.992026-09-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-03 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
73.7%
earned "Welcome to Galacticare"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-05-23, latest 2025-04-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,4271%68
Steam (Steam)4640%68
PS5 (PlayStation)560%69

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

Player tags

3DRTSFunnyCasualEconomyBuildingStrategyCapitalismDark HumorManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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