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One Lonely Outpost cover art

One Lonely Outpost

indie.io · 2025-03-06

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 26, 2023 (Linux), Jun 26, 2023 (Mac), Mar 06, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jun 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 06, 2025 (Xbox One), Mar 06, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.

3
playing now
58%
positive of 658 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

A barren, alien world needs YOU to bring it to life! Start out with just an ancient space-RV, your handy tech gauntlet, a handful of potato seeds, and work to build up your colony. By growing enough crops to attract colonists, build up a town and an economy, you’ll be able to achieve independence and establish your colony as a prime destination! Whether you opt for an all-natural farm or a more high-tech one, you'll need to balance producing food with other activities on your planet. Explore alien ruins to learn more about this strange world, grow your relationships with the many different c(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (175 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 658 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-65%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.80 at Fortuna Digital (2026-06-29) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 124 of 178 observed days · $15.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13113120232026Week of 2023-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-08-12 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.692023-06-132026-08-272023-06-13 — best price $19.992023-08-03 — best price $15.992023-09-19 — best price $15.992023-10-23 — best price $12.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992023-12-18 — best price $15.992024-02-01 — best price $16.392024-03-01 — best price $9.992024-03-24 — best price $9.982024-04-17 — best price $15.082024-05-15 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $8.372024-07-17 — best price $15.082024-08-19 — best price $7.112024-09-19 — best price $9.992024-10-17 — best price $15.082024-11-30 — best price $10.002025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-18 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-11 — best price $8.992025-05-19 — best price $7.992025-06-20 — best price $7.692025-07-31 — best price $19.992025-08-30 — best price $16.572025-10-01 — best price $6.692025-10-28 — best price $6.202025-11-24 — best price $6.652026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-01-31 — best price $13.942026-03-13 — best price $19.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $13.942026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-06-24 — best price $14.972026-07-24 — best price $5.812026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
20.5%
earned "A crop out of this world"
1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,76952%31
Steam (Steam)1702%31
PS5 (PlayStation)750%31
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceSandboxBuildingCraftingLife SimColony SimOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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