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IXION

Bulwark Studios · Kasedo Games · 2022-12-07

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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?

IXION is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 17,788 reviews).

192
playing now
79%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (12k downloads)
3.49★
PlayStation Store rating (431 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 64% recommend · from 23 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

192 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

IXION trailer thumbnail

Ixion - Official Gameplay Teaser Trailer

≈313,404 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 192 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 2% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 359k–807k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,935 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 134 of 165 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

5451282026-09-15 12:00 — 374 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 486 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 200 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 432 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 545 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 202 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 189 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 333 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 189 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 291 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 291 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 166 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 135 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 270 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 343 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 172 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 279 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 291 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 141 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 336 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 402 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 143 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 192 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.6k149Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 5,591 · peak 17,143Feb 2023 — avg 748 · peak 1,829Apr 2023 — avg 400 · peak 1,026Jun 2023 — avg 319 · peak 725Aug 2023 — avg 342 · peak 867Oct 2023 — avg 246 · peak 472Dec 2023 — avg 509 · peak 980Feb 2024 — avg 230 · peak 457Apr 2024 — avg 297 · peak 875Jun 2024 — avg 300 · peak 1,137Aug 2024 — avg 204 · peak 384Oct 2024 — avg 183 · peak 360Dec 2024 — avg 241 · peak 473Feb 2025 — avg 167 · peak 338Apr 2025 — avg 406 · peak 1,193Jun 2025 — avg 173 · peak 404Aug 2025 — avg 167 · peak 316Oct 2025 — avg 454 · peak 1,436Dec 2025 — avg 294 · peak 620Feb 2026 — avg 193 · peak 382Apr 2026 — avg 237 · peak 562Jun 2026 — avg 252 · peak 535Aug 2026 — avg 204 · peak 1,564
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
29292026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 29 new positive2026-09-21: 9 new negative2026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 8 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 18 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 14 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$898.10$8.462022-09-142026-10-142022-09-14 — best price $898.102023-01-02 — best price $29.742023-02-06 — best price $34.992023-03-13 — best price $23.442023-05-04 — best price $22.992023-06-09 — best price $30.462023-07-20 — best price $22.742023-09-13 — best price $23.992023-12-11 — best price $34.992024-01-10 — best price $27.892024-03-20 — best price $20.992024-04-19 — best price $13.402024-06-03 — best price $17.492024-07-23 — best price $13.992024-09-06 — best price $17.502024-11-13 — best price $15.742024-12-13 — best price $17.502025-02-21 — best price $15.392025-04-03 — best price $13.992025-06-12 — best price $11.192025-08-18 — best price $34.992025-11-17 — best price $8.462025-12-13 — best price $27.882026-01-30 — best price $34.992026-03-23 — best price $8.462026-04-18 — best price $25.712026-05-19 — best price $12.252026-06-25 — best price $10.392026-08-07 — best price $28.762026-09-05 — best price $12.252026-09-20 — best price $12.252026-10-05 — best price $12.252026-10-14 — best price $12.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

92252026-05-31 — 32 pageviews2026-06-04 — 45 pageviews2026-06-08 — 48 pageviews2026-06-12 — 89 pageviews2026-06-16 — 33 pageviews2026-06-20 — 53 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 60 pageviews2026-07-02 — 36 pageviews2026-07-06 — 40 pageviews2026-07-10 — 53 pageviews2026-07-14 — 37 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 37 pageviews2026-07-26 — 92 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-03 — 25 pageviews2026-08-07 — 36 pageviews2026-08-11 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 37 pageviews2026-08-19 — 34 pageviews2026-08-23 — 53 pageviews2026-08-27 — 40 pageviews2026-08-31 — 70 pageviews2026-09-04 — 52 pageviews2026-09-08 — 70 pageviews2026-09-12 — 67 pageviews2026-09-16 — 37 pageviews2026-09-20 — 37 pageviews2026-09-24 — 26 pageviews2026-09-28 — 50 pageviews2026-10-02 — 44 pageviews2026-10-06 — 34 pageviews2026-10-10 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.5k02026-10-03 23:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 1,489 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 1,041 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 996 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 1,037 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-12-07 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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