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Offworld Trading Company

Mohawk Games · Stardock Entertainment · 2016-04-28

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 28, 2016 (Mac), Apr 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.

Offworld Trading Company is a 2016 Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (77% of 5718 reviews).

24
playing now
77%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Offworld Trading Company is a real-time strategy (RTS) tycoon video game developed by Mohawk Games and published by Stardock. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in April 2016.

Trailer

Offworld Trading Company trailer thumbnail

Offworld Trading Company - Gameplay Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 143k–343k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,718 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.40 at GreenManGaming (2025-03-07) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 46 of 79 observed days · $27.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

53122026-09-14 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 53 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 37 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 35 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 26 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 33 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41919Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 392 · peak 930Jun 2015 — avg 89 · peak 574Oct 2015 — avg 44 · peak 140Feb 2016 — avg 35 · peak 107Jun 2016 — avg 172 · peak 1,139Oct 2016 — avg 282 · peak 1,892Feb 2017 — avg 167 · peak 527Jun 2017 — avg 120 · peak 296Oct 2017 — avg 175 · peak 418Feb 2018 — avg 90 · peak 198Jun 2018 — avg 97 · peak 203Oct 2018 — avg 109 · peak 547Feb 2019 — avg 104 · peak 555Jun 2019 — avg 81 · peak 174Oct 2019 — avg 92 · peak 241Feb 2020 — avg 92 · peak 1,717Jun 2020 — avg 65 · peak 137Oct 2020 — avg 55 · peak 158Feb 2021 — avg 61 · peak 153Jun 2021 — avg 45 · peak 93Oct 2021 — avg 41 · peak 88Feb 2022 — avg 39 · peak 82Jun 2022 — avg 36 · peak 75Oct 2022 — avg 36 · peak 92Feb 2023 — avg 31 · peak 66Jun 2023 — avg 24 · peak 44Oct 2023 — avg 30 · peak 79Feb 2024 — avg 28 · peak 61Jun 2024 — avg 27 · peak 56Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 86Feb 2025 — avg 30 · peak 61Jun 2025 — avg 27 · peak 53Oct 2025 — avg 24 · peak 57Feb 2026 — avg 25 · peak 60Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-02-122026-10-142015-02-12 — best price $35.992015-07-20 — best price $19.992015-11-13 — best price $19.992016-03-25 — best price $39.992016-09-12 — best price $39.992017-01-02 — best price $39.992017-06-06 — best price $9.992017-12-18 — best price $19.992018-06-04 — best price $14.992018-11-15 — best price $9.992019-05-27 — best price $19.992019-11-04 — best price $9.992019-12-31 — best price $29.992020-04-11 — best price $13.792020-06-19 — best price $26.992020-11-23 — best price $11.472021-04-01 — best price $13.492021-07-23 — best price $29.992021-12-13 — best price $13.492022-04-11 — best price $13.492022-10-20 — best price $30.592023-02-24 — best price $11.992023-07-14 — best price $29.992023-12-11 — best price $10.192024-03-22 — best price $29.992024-08-26 — best price $10.192025-01-24 — best price $2.992025-06-03 — best price $29.992025-10-20 — best price $29.992026-02-09 — best price $8.992026-05-12 — best price $29.992026-08-29 — best price $6.002026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

51102026-05-27 — 19 pageviews2026-05-31 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 21 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-24 — 30 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 18 pageviews2026-07-10 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 25 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 18 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-19 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 31 pageviews2026-08-31 — 24 pageviews2026-09-04 — 19 pageviews2026-09-08 — 47 pageviews2026-09-12 — 30 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 30 pageviews2026-09-24 — 19 pageviews2026-09-28 — 18 pageviews2026-10-02 — 24 pageviews2026-10-06 — 31 pageviews2026-10-10 — 18 pageviews2026-10-12 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
66.8%
earned "Business Building Seminar"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop13 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2016-04-28, latest 2021-03-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,2830%255
Windows (Xbox)7141%91

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

3DPvPSci-fiEconomyColorfulStrategyColony SimManagementSimulationAtmospheric

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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