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Ostranauts

Blue Bottle Games · Kitfox Games · 2026-08-03

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Ostranauts is an Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2026, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 2975 reviews).

495
playing now
79%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
27
twitch viewers (latest)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

495 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 495 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 486 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~61/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 60k–134k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,975 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2020-09-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16216220202026Week of 2020-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 86 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8833702026-08-11 17:00 — 883 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 527 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 696 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 713 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 465 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 702 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 823 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 561 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 745 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 630 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 373 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 585 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 531 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 370 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 550 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 513 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 431 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 721 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 592 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 417 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 601 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 425 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 417 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 594 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 490 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 424 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 601 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 571 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 495 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.00$15.992020-09-102026-08-102020-09-10 — best price $15.992020-09-18 — best price $20.002022-05-16 — best price $19.992022-08-08 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-11 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-30 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-01 — best price $19.992025-05-23 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $19.992025-09-22 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-07 — best price $19.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

17702026-08-26 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 168 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 27 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
13.8%
earned "Traveller"
1.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4620%31

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

RPGSpaceSci-fiSandboxTradingTop-DownCyberpunkSpace SimOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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