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Lightyear Frontier cover art

Lightyear Frontier

FRAME BREAK · 2024-03-19

SteamEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

Early Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Mar 19, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.

Lightyear Frontier is an Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 4705 reviews).

122
playing now
84%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
23
Nexus mods (9.7k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

122 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

The following is a list of games that have been announced for release or released on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Both were released on November 10, 2020.

Trailer

Lightyear Frontier trailer thumbnail

Lightyear Frontier Launch Trailer

≈207,763 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 122 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~138/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 5,885 Early Access games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 96k–215k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,779 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-06-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 30 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69869820242026Week of 2024-03-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

682802026-09-15 13:00 — 159 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 145 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 80 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 187 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 237 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 90 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 118 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 168 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 185 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 365 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 439 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 284 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 235 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 468 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 464 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 190 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 364 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 252 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 155 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 359 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 331 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 120 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 173 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 122 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k38Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 1,395 · peak 3,221Apr 2024 — avg 267 · peak 940May 2024 — avg 154 · peak 615Jun 2024 — avg 72 · peak 282Jul 2024 — avg 82 · peak 248Aug 2024 — avg 59 · peak 202Sep 2024 — avg 38 · peak 397Oct 2024 — avg 207 · peak 877Nov 2024 — avg 95 · peak 295Dec 2024 — avg 91 · peak 286Jan 2025 — avg 66 · peak 236Feb 2025 — avg 70 · peak 301Mar 2025 — avg 52 · peak 170Apr 2025 — avg 71 · peak 333May 2025 — avg 44 · peak 155Jun 2025 — avg 645 · peak 2,031Jul 2025 — avg 286 · peak 869Aug 2025 — avg 126 · peak 358Sep 2025 — avg 95 · peak 254Oct 2025 — avg 205 · peak 542Nov 2025 — avg 409 · peak 1,473Dec 2025 — avg 386 · peak 1,001Jan 2026 — avg 249 · peak 764Feb 2026 — avg 181 · peak 388Mar 2026 — avg 1,319 · peak 4,243Apr 2026 — avg 568 · peak 1,360May 2026 — avg 323 · peak 954Jun 2026 — avg 211 · peak 575Jul 2026 — avg 313 · peak 725Aug 2026 — avg 188 · peak 438
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-272026-10-142026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$14.992024-03-192026-10-092024-03-19 — best price $19.992024-03-30 — best price $24.992024-05-06 — best price $24.992024-06-04 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-08-25 — best price $24.992024-10-08 — best price $18.742024-10-15 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $17.492025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-07 — best price $24.992025-02-17 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-04-08 — best price $24.992025-06-18 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-10-18 — best price $24.992025-12-01 — best price $24.992025-12-11 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-10 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-01 — best price $24.992026-05-28 — best price $24.992026-07-02 — best price $14.992026-07-12 — best price $14.992026-08-04 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-09-11 — best price $24.992026-09-25 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3451142026-05-30 — 188 pageviews2026-06-03 — 180 pageviews2026-06-07 — 345 pageviews2026-06-11 — 266 pageviews2026-06-15 — 225 pageviews2026-06-19 — 244 pageviews2026-06-23 — 229 pageviews2026-06-27 — 271 pageviews2026-07-01 — 255 pageviews2026-07-05 — 263 pageviews2026-07-09 — 247 pageviews2026-07-13 — 230 pageviews2026-07-17 — 184 pageviews2026-07-21 — 197 pageviews2026-07-25 — 152 pageviews2026-07-29 — 156 pageviews2026-08-02 — 181 pageviews2026-08-06 — 188 pageviews2026-08-10 — 168 pageviews2026-08-14 — 197 pageviews2026-08-18 — 114 pageviews2026-08-22 — 134 pageviews2026-08-26 — 238 pageviews2026-08-30 — 227 pageviews2026-09-03 — 219 pageviews2026-09-07 — 237 pageviews2026-09-11 — 268 pageviews2026-09-15 — 241 pageviews2026-09-19 — 191 pageviews2026-09-23 — 166 pageviews2026-09-27 — 187 pageviews2026-10-01 — 165 pageviews2026-10-05 — 187 pageviews2026-10-08 — 175 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9602026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
88.1%
earned "Ballistic Agriculture"
22.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-03-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)13,0933%45
Steam (Steam)4,7132%45

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

MechsCasualNatureSandboxCraftingRelaxingAgricultureExplorationFarming SimEarly Access

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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