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Sokpop Collective · 2021-10-12

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2021 (Mac)

A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!

88%
positive of 215 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 37,551 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 215 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220212026Week of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492021-10-122026-09-052021-10-12 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-04-04 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-07-26 — best price $4.992024-09-09 — best price $4.992024-12-18 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-31 — best price $4.992025-04-03 — best price $4.992025-05-19 — best price $4.992025-07-24 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-24 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-03-04 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-18 — best price $4.992026-06-01 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-09-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
95.3%
earned "My First Planet"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4945%14

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

Player tags

3DCuteSpaceClickerSandboxBuildingColorfulCraftingGod GameStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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