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Light of Altair

SaintXi · 2009-06-04

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 04, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and...

Light of Altair is a $14.99 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2009, estimated to have 20,000 to 50,000 owners, with Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 45 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 45 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 49,588 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $3.74 at GamersGate (2013-05-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320112025Week of 2011-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
92.4%
earned "Colonist (Tier 1)"
13.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategySimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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