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Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

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

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor is an Action, Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 2167 reviews).

3
playing now
79%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (811 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (344 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,785 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 43k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,167 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 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27827820182026Week of 2018-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3722026-09-15 06:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 30 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 37 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2480Feb 2017Aug 2026Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 37 · peak 112Feb 2019 — avg 17 · peak 44May 2019 — avg 15 · peak 36Aug 2019 — avg 41 · peak 135Nov 2019 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2020 — avg 18 · peak 49May 2020 — avg 248 · peak 1,310Aug 2020 — avg 30 · peak 74Nov 2020 — avg 23 · peak 51Feb 2021 — avg 20 · peak 43May 2021 — avg 53 · peak 380Aug 2021 — avg 46 · peak 123Nov 2021 — avg 30 · peak 85Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 43May 2022 — avg 21 · peak 48Aug 2022 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 33Feb 2023 — avg 18 · peak 69May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 14 · peak 33Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 21Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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