The Game Census
Helium Rain cover art

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.

1
playing now
79%
positive of 339 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 51% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

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 1 of 1 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002017-08-192026-08-302017-08-19 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $10.492018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $12.742018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-01-25 — best price $10.492019-06-18 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-05-27 — best price $7.492020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $7.492020-12-16 — best price $7.492021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-06-09 — best price $7.492021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-10-11 — best price $7.492021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-06-06 — best price $4.942022-07-21 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $4.492022-11-23 — best price $4.492022-12-12 — best price $4.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-01 — best price $4.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-18 — best price $4.492023-06-29 — best price $1.492023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-09-01 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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

3 supported languages: English, French, Russian

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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