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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Northway Games · Finji · 2022-08-25

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Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 25, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 26, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 26, 2022 (Mac), Aug 25, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

77
playing now
96%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
18h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a 2022 role-playing partial visual novel video game developed by Northway Games and published by Finji. The player starts the game as a ten-year-old, going through events that affect the colony until the game ends when they turn twenty. The game was released on Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in August 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 77 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 425 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 96k–216k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,793 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2024-08-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 22 of 41 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30430420222026Week of 2022-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

162322026-08-07 00:00 — 53 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 64 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 68 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 53 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 86 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 96 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 130 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 79 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 142 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 162 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 75 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 83 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 117 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 96 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 64 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 86 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 72 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 74 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 77 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.492022-08-252026-08-302022-08-25 — best price $24.992022-12-12 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-06-09 — best price $17.492023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-10-02 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $17.492023-12-21 — best price $16.242024-01-29 — best price $17.492024-03-07 — best price $17.492024-03-25 — best price $16.242024-04-26 — best price $24.992024-06-19 — best price $16.242024-07-04 — best price $24.992024-07-29 — best price $24.992024-09-02 — best price $24.992024-11-04 — best price $12.492024-11-21 — best price $12.492024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-10 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $12.492025-04-11 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $12.492025-07-28 — best price $24.992025-08-26 — best price $12.492025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-10-09 — best price $12.492025-11-05 — best price $24.992025-12-04 — best price $17.492026-01-01 — best price $24.992026-01-23 — best price $12.492026-03-08 — best price $24.992026-04-02 — best price $24.992026-05-07 — best price $12.492026-05-28 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-17 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $12.492026-08-30 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

231372026-05-23 — 46 pageviews2026-05-26 — 50 pageviews2026-05-29 — 45 pageviews2026-06-01 — 58 pageviews2026-06-04 — 50 pageviews2026-06-07 — 71 pageviews2026-06-10 — 51 pageviews2026-06-13 — 68 pageviews2026-06-16 — 51 pageviews2026-06-19 — 66 pageviews2026-06-22 — 42 pageviews2026-06-25 — 53 pageviews2026-06-28 — 67 pageviews2026-07-01 — 69 pageviews2026-07-04 — 80 pageviews2026-07-07 — 80 pageviews2026-07-10 — 53 pageviews2026-07-13 — 88 pageviews2026-07-16 — 108 pageviews2026-07-19 — 102 pageviews2026-07-22 — 74 pageviews2026-07-25 — 59 pageviews2026-07-28 — 57 pageviews2026-07-31 — 51 pageviews2026-08-03 — 88 pageviews2026-08-06 — 47 pageviews2026-08-09 — 54 pageviews2026-08-12 — 73 pageviews2026-08-15 — 59 pageviews2026-08-18 — 57 pageviews2026-08-20 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1202026-08-26 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "That Was Scary"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5571%50
PS5 (PlayStation)17210%51
Switch (Nintendo)520%0
PS4 (PlayStation)4912%51

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGSci-fiLife SimCard GameDating SimFuturisticSimulationStory RichDeckbuildingSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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