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IXION

Bulwark Studios · Kasedo Games · 2022-12-07

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 07, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Apr 08, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

1,560
playing now
79%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
68/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

1,560 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Ixion is a city building survival simulation video game developed by Bulwark Studios and published by Kasedo Games where players take control of a mobile space station traveling across space in search for a suitable planet for colonization after Earth was destroyed. It was released for Windows on December 7, 2022. Ports for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released on April 8, 2025.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,560 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 900 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~113/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,734 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 352k–792k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,600 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.25-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.25-65%
Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.47 at GameBillet (2026-03-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 97 of 128 observed days · $3.78 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.7k4.7k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 4,693 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,041 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 830 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k752026-08-06 21:00 — 142 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 76 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 156 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 166 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 200 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 200 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 141 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 212 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 192 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 91 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 179 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 149 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 162 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 147 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 89 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 197 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 232 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 91 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 164 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 176 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 151 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 216 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 209 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 122 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 117 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 201 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 559 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 1,560 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$898.10$8.462022-09-142026-08-302022-09-14 — best price $898.102022-12-27 — best price $29.742023-01-16 — best price $23.442023-02-24 — best price $34.992023-03-20 — best price $21.662023-05-04 — best price $22.992023-05-23 — best price $34.992023-06-29 — best price $22.742023-07-31 — best price $30.462023-10-03 — best price $27.892023-12-11 — best price $34.992024-01-06 — best price $34.992024-03-11 — best price $19.592024-04-04 — best price $30.462024-04-23 — best price $30.462024-06-03 — best price $17.492024-07-12 — best price $25.712024-08-13 — best price $27.892024-10-21 — best price $27.892024-11-16 — best price $25.712024-12-13 — best price $17.502025-02-05 — best price $15.742025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-05-01 — best price $25.712025-06-26 — best price $13.992025-08-18 — best price $34.992025-10-27 — best price $12.252025-12-06 — best price $34.992026-01-07 — best price $34.992026-02-09 — best price $10.322026-03-23 — best price $8.462026-04-11 — best price $25.712026-05-06 — best price $12.942026-06-01 — best price $12.062026-06-30 — best price $10.592026-08-07 — best price $28.762026-08-30 — best price $12.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

658242026-05-31 — 32 pageviews2026-06-03 — 43 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 85 pageviews2026-06-12 — 89 pageviews2026-06-15 — 44 pageviews2026-06-18 — 34 pageviews2026-06-21 — 43 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-27 — 53 pageviews2026-06-30 — 48 pageviews2026-07-03 — 38 pageviews2026-07-06 — 40 pageviews2026-07-09 — 33 pageviews2026-07-12 — 40 pageviews2026-07-15 — 41 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 33 pageviews2026-07-24 — 60 pageviews2026-07-27 — 86 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-02 — 35 pageviews2026-08-05 — 38 pageviews2026-08-08 — 48 pageviews2026-08-11 — 34 pageviews2026-08-14 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-20 — 34 pageviews2026-08-23 — 53 pageviews2026-08-26 — 37 pageviews2026-08-28 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1302026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
83.4%
earned "Without Breaking Some Eggs..."
25.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4942%57
PS5 (PlayStation)1253%57
Xbox Series (Xbox)3010%57

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

Player tags

DarkSpaceEconomyBuildingStrategySurvivalColony SimSimulationAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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