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Operation: Matriarchy

Madia Entertainment · ESDigital Games · 2016-01-29

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Operation: Matriarchy is a science fiction first-person shooter. In the 24th century mankind has formed itself into the Federation of Earth, and has colonized several other planets. However, around 2350 a mysterious virus ravages the colony planet of Velia, targeting only the females within the population.

Operation: Matriarchy is a 2016 Action game priced at $5.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 134 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
65%
positive of 134 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
54/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Operation: Matriarchy, known in Russia as Velian (Велиан), is a 2005 science fiction first-person shooter game developed by Russian studio MADia Entertainment and published by Buka Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. The game is a spin-off from MADia's simulation franchise Echelon.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 134 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 28 of 51 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 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

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
700Feb 2016Jan 2023Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 12Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 33Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 32Jan 2022 — avg 7 · peak 142Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 71Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 30Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 60

▼ −3 avg players (−56.3%) vs prior month — Jan 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.42$0.592015-04-132026-08-152015-04-13 — best price $9.992016-04-11 — best price $5.992016-08-08 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-09-04 — best price $1.492017-12-21 — best price $0.592018-06-21 — best price $0.592018-12-21 — best price $0.592019-06-26 — best price $0.592019-12-19 — best price $0.592020-09-14 — best price $0.892021-02-11 — best price $0.592021-09-29 — best price $0.592022-01-27 — best price $0.592022-09-12 — best price $0.592023-03-16 — best price $0.592023-09-25 — best price $0.892023-11-29 — best price $5.992024-02-07 — best price $0.892024-03-28 — best price $0.822024-04-15 — best price $1.492024-05-09 — best price $4.952024-06-08 — best price $5.992024-07-13 — best price $5.682024-08-07 — best price $5.262024-09-15 — best price $5.262025-01-06 — best price $1.492025-04-24 — best price $5.992025-06-30 — best price $1.302025-07-28 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-14 — best price $4.952026-04-17 — best price $4.952026-05-20 — best price $5.932026-07-14 — best price $4.942026-08-03 — best price $5.992026-08-15 — best price $5.30
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1102026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 2 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 0 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 0 pageviews2026-09-13 — 5 pageviews2026-09-17 — 7 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 1 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-10 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Bulgarian, Polish

Player tags

FPSActionSci-fiShooterFirst-Person

Census log

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

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