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Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition cover art

Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

Radiation Blue · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2020-02-25

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 29, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jan 29, 2019 (Xbox One)

Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.

10
playing now
69%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Genesis Alpha One is a roguelike simulation video game developed by Radiation Blue and published by Team17. It was released on January 29, 2019 for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The player is tasked with managing a colony ship in search of a new home for humanity, as well as embarking to planets in first-person action segments. The player has the freedom to customize the ship's design, its crew members, and create human-alien hybrids to colonize otherwise inhospitable worlds.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 59 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,515 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.90-85%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-06-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 142 of 178 observed days · $28.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920202026Week of 2020-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1812026-08-07 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002020-02-122026-08-272020-02-12 — best price $29.992020-05-12 — best price $22.042020-08-09 — best price $29.992020-10-16 — best price $11.992020-12-05 — best price $25.382021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-04-22 — best price $8.992021-06-09 — best price $10.192021-08-18 — best price $8.192021-10-25 — best price $7.502021-12-20 — best price $26.992022-02-12 — best price $25.382022-04-14 — best price $29.992022-06-20 — best price $6.592022-09-02 — best price $6.892022-11-14 — best price $4.252023-01-20 — best price $5.892023-04-28 — best price $4.502023-07-28 — best price $3.942023-10-27 — best price $25.192024-01-13 — best price $6.002024-03-21 — best price $4.342024-06-06 — best price $5.992024-08-14 — best price $28.902024-10-21 — best price $25.192024-12-27 — best price $4.932025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-05-16 — best price $29.992025-08-01 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-03 — best price $17.392026-02-17 — best price $6.002026-04-14 — best price $4.792026-06-01 — best price $4.492026-08-01 — best price $17.112026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2402026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 8 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
55.2%
earned "Finish Tutorial"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5491%28

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

Player tags

3DFPSSpaceHorrorSci-fiBuildingSurvivalSpace SimManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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