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INSOMNIA: The Ark

Mono Studio · HeroCraft PC · 2018-09-27

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

INSOMNIA is a dieselpunk sci-fi RPG about the slowly degrading remnants of human society attempting to survive on an abandoned space metropolis. Develop your character, explore lovingly handcrafted locations, interact with peculiar NPCs and factions and try to stay alive in this brutal world.

INSOMNIA: The Ark is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2018, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $29.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 1267 reviews).

0
playing now
59%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (131 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (227 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,266 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-11-08) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 167 of 223 observed days · $7.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13913920182026Week of 2018-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
762Oct 2018May 2026Oct 2018 — avg 76 · peak 417Dec 2018 — avg 18 · peak 99Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 30Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 23Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 26Apr 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 22Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 22Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 25Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$35.11$1.002018-09-272026-10-142018-09-27 — best price $26.902019-07-09 — best price $29.992019-12-01 — best price $19.792020-02-08 — best price $34.782020-05-11 — best price $13.492020-08-03 — best price $26.992020-11-19 — best price $14.992021-02-20 — best price $29.992021-05-21 — best price $29.992021-09-06 — best price $15.002021-12-10 — best price $13.492022-04-04 — best price $29.992022-09-19 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-04-03 — best price $9.892023-08-07 — best price $7.492023-11-17 — best price $8.992024-02-08 — best price $26.992024-04-16 — best price $8.102024-06-19 — best price $8.992024-08-11 — best price $8.292024-10-08 — best price $9.002024-12-09 — best price $8.102025-02-27 — best price $8.992025-04-30 — best price $6.792025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-04 — best price $6.792025-11-05 — best price $29.992025-12-19 — best price $6.792026-02-19 — best price $6.292026-04-13 — best price $6.142026-06-05 — best price $6.172026-07-31 — best price $6.312026-09-10 — best price $8.992026-10-10 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
38.7%
earned "Sudden Awakening"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: Russian, English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-09-27, latest 2018-10-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5040%30

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

Player tags

RPGIndieActionSci-fiShooterLore-RichAction RPGExplorationSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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