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Helium Rain

Deimos Games · 2018-10-11

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 18, 2017 (Linux)

Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.

Helium Rain is an Action, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2018, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 339 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 339 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-06-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 46 of 46 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620172026Week of 2017-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
170Jul 2017Jul 2026Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 18Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2018 — avg 17 · peak 97Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002017-08-192026-10-142017-08-19 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $10.492018-07-05 — best price $14.992019-01-25 — best price $10.492019-07-08 — best price $10.492019-11-26 — best price $10.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-11-27 — best price $7.492021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-04-05 — best price $14.992021-07-12 — best price $7.492021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-11-29 — best price $14.992022-01-24 — best price $4.492022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-07-13 — best price $4.942022-11-04 — best price $14.992022-12-12 — best price $4.492023-02-07 — best price $14.992023-04-27 — best price $4.492023-06-29 — best price $1.492023-08-28 — best price $2.992026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-07 — best price $0.002026-09-12 — best price $0.002026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-09-22 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-10-02 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-12 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
65.3%
earned "No Time for Caution"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5732%23

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceActionSci-fiEconomyTradingStrategySpace SimSimulationExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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