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Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor cover art

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

Stray Fawn Studio · Stray Fawn Publishing · 2020-05-14

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

4
playing now
79%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

You are the Captain of the Nimbatus – the biggest mobile drone factory ever made. Design your own unique drones to explore a physics-based universe. Survive by shooting your way through completely destructible planets in different biomes, compete against autonomous drones built by other players or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–97k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,162 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-17) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1012026-08-12 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992018-10-032026-08-082018-10-03 — best price $17.992018-11-28 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $15.992019-03-13 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $15.992019-07-22 — best price $19.992019-09-12 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-09 — best price $15.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-15 — best price $15.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $14.992020-08-27 — best price $14.992020-10-15 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992021-01-19 — best price $19.992021-05-15 — best price $9.992021-09-04 — best price $11.992021-11-06 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-03-21 — best price $19.992022-09-14 — best price $9.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-02-06 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $9.992023-11-09 — best price $19.992024-01-19 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $6.992024-09-16 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "My first drone"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudStats1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,2450%34

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

Player tags

LogicSpaceActionPuzzleRobotsSci-fiSportsBuildingCraftingStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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