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Moons of Ardan

Pandora Technology · 2021-10-21

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on a space city-building adventure in Moons of Ardan! Develop a thriving civilization in a real-time planetary system. Oversee production chains, cater to the needs of your axonauts, recover their lost technologies, and navigate resource transportation.

96%
positive of 92 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

Moons of Ardan is a city-building and management game where you rebuild and expand your civilization across moons in a real-time simulated planetary system. You follow the Axonauts, the survivors of a generational ship that crashed on a lonely moon. In the crash, most of the technology that served them got lost. Help them restore their culture and reconnect with their homeworld by building a great wonder.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 17,111 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-25%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.39 at Steam (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 58 of 98 observed days · $9.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220212026Week of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$5.992021-10-212026-10-162021-10-21 — best price $5.992022-04-04 — best price $8.992022-07-08 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-13 — best price $14.992023-06-19 — best price $12.952023-08-18 — best price $12.792023-10-23 — best price $15.792023-12-15 — best price $12.792024-01-31 — best price $15.592024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-08-26 — best price $14.992024-10-15 — best price $14.992024-11-21 — best price $19.992024-12-16 — best price $19.992025-01-22 — best price $19.992025-02-22 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-22 — best price $19.992025-07-11 — best price $19.992025-08-09 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $19.992025-12-12 — best price $13.492026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $14.992026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-07-17 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $14.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-16 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

3DCuteSpaceEconomyBuildingRelaxingColony SimManagementAgricultureExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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