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Horizon cover art

Horizon

L3O Interactive · 2014-02-06

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.

Horizon is a 2014 Adventure, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed (59% of 475 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
59%
positive of 475 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Horizon is a 4X video game developed by Canadian studio L3O Interactive and published by Iceberg Interactive in 2014.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (89 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 475 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.92 at GamersGate (2017-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120142026Week of 2014-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1360Apr 2013Jul 2026Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 5Aug 2013 — avg 18 · peak 48Dec 2013 — avg 13 · peak 38Apr 2014 — avg 30 · peak 86Aug 2014 — avg 23 · peak 58Dec 2014 — avg 43 · peak 150Apr 2015 — avg 15 · peak 39Aug 2015 — avg 20 · peak 45Dec 2015 — avg 18 · peak 43Apr 2016 — avg 24 · peak 84Aug 2016 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2016 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2017 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 11Apr 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 6Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$35.49$5.992015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $7.502015-03-07 — best price $22.862015-05-14 — best price $7.492015-07-14 — best price $22.332015-09-21 — best price $29.992016-01-08 — best price $7.492016-03-03 — best price $7.502016-06-06 — best price $29.992016-09-08 — best price $7.492016-11-28 — best price $7.502017-02-06 — best price $7.492017-05-12 — best price $29.992017-08-09 — best price $7.502017-11-09 — best price $7.492018-01-08 — best price $7.492018-04-20 — best price $29.992018-07-10 — best price $21.442018-09-24 — best price $29.992018-11-21 — best price $7.492018-12-18 — best price $6.042019-01-24 — best price $29.992019-04-01 — best price $29.992019-06-25 — best price $5.992019-07-26 — best price $7.492019-11-25 — best price $29.992020-06-25 — best price $5.992021-02-08 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-06-13 — best price $29.992022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-07-24 — best price $29.992024-03-19 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-08-24 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

602026-05-31 — 1 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 0 pageviews2026-08-07 — 0 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 0 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 2 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 0 pageviews2026-09-29 — 0 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
78.5%
earned "First Contact"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-10-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1680%42

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

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiSandboxStrategyTacticalFuturisticSimulationTurn-BasedExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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