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Operation: New Earth cover art

Operation: New Earth

Hunted Cow Games · 2016-12-14

SteamEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

Massively MultiplayerSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Dec 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Operation: New Earth is an intense sci-fi multiplayer strategy game in which you must command an advanced military facility to defend Earth from a hostile alien invasion. Create an alliance, gather resources, and unlock advanced technology to level up your stronghold!

Operation: New Earth is a 2016 Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy, and Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 840 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

246
playing now
60%
positive of 847 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
40/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

246 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 246 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 1,829 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-23

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720172026Week of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29602026-09-14 23:00 — 190 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 192 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 266 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 245 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 156 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 229 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 296 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 170 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 172 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 263 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 174 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 170 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 290 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 196 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 178 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 288 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 208 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 169 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 276 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 209 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 148 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 215 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 246 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2680Nov 2016Aug 2026Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 268 · peak 456May 2017 — avg 144 · peak 235Aug 2017 — avg 91 · peak 151Nov 2017 — avg 84 · peak 161Feb 2018 — avg 88 · peak 145May 2018 — avg 82 · peak 139Aug 2018 — avg 79 · peak 145Nov 2018 — avg 88 · peak 151Feb 2019 — avg 96 · peak 160May 2019 — avg 95 · peak 152Aug 2019 — avg 104 · peak 165Nov 2019 — avg 116 · peak 187Feb 2020 — avg 125 · peak 192May 2020 — avg 125 · peak 194Aug 2020 — avg 113 · peak 178Nov 2020 — avg 133 · peak 215Feb 2021 — avg 149 · peak 236May 2021 — avg 160 · peak 237Aug 2021 — avg 192 · peak 302Nov 2021 — avg 205 · peak 312Feb 2022 — avg 226 · peak 343May 2022 — avg 198 · peak 316Aug 2022 — avg 185 · peak 279Nov 2022 — avg 193 · peak 317Feb 2023 — avg 207 · peak 330May 2023 — avg 199 · peak 298Aug 2023 — avg 197 · peak 303Nov 2023 — avg 203 · peak 306Feb 2024 — avg 242 · peak 383May 2024 — avg 245 · peak 363Aug 2024 — avg 236 · peak 347Nov 2024 — avg 230 · peak 361Feb 2025 — avg 235 · peak 358May 2025 — avg 221 · peak 328Aug 2025 — avg 218 · peak 360Nov 2025 — avg 206 · peak 312Feb 2026 — avg 209 · peak 324May 2026 — avg 225 · peak 345Aug 2026 — avg 222 · peak 342
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
222026-09-252026-10-142026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002021-01-162026-10-122021-01-16 — best price $0.002023-05-26 — best price $0.002026-08-31 — best price $0.002026-09-07 — best price $0.002026-09-14 — best price $0.002026-09-21 — best price $0.002026-09-28 — best price $0.002026-10-05 — best price $0.002026-10-12 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-09-30 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
33.5%
earned "It's Good to have Allies"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2743%38

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

Player tags

RTSAliensSci-fiStrategySurvivalTacticalFuturisticSimulationMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

Recent updates

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