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One Lonely Outpost

indie.io · 2025-03-06

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IndieRPGSimulation

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

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.

One Lonely Outpost is an Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 661 reviews).

3
playing now
58%
positive of 661 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.86★
PlayStation Store rating (87 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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 13% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 661 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 111 of 164 observed days (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

802026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
613Jul 2023Aug 2026Jul 2023 — avg 61 · peak 289Aug 2023 — avg 22 · peak 65Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 31Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 67Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2024 — avg 18 · peak 91Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 33Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 34Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 47May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 34Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 40Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 27 · peak 110Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 39Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Mar 2025 — avg 33 · peak 120Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.692023-06-132026-10-082023-06-13 — 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 $5.812026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-06-26 (Steam store data)

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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