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Out There Somewhere

MiniBoss · Senpai Industrial Studios · 2016-03-14

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 21, 2014 (Mac), Feb 21, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Out There Somewhere is a puzzle-platform game developed by Pedro Medeiros and Amora Bettany as MiniBoss and published by EQGAMES. It was released in 2012, but was later released to Steam on March 14, 2016.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 173k–415k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,921 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.19 at Steam (2015-04-20) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.192015-01-012026-08-222015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-29 — best price $0.192015-10-29 — best price $0.192015-12-01 — best price $1.992016-02-01 — best price $14.992016-03-28 — best price $1.492016-05-23 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $1.492016-10-28 — best price $0.492016-12-05 — best price $0.492017-02-20 — best price $0.492017-04-05 — best price $0.492017-10-26 — best price $0.492018-02-15 — best price $0.492018-07-19 — best price $0.992018-11-28 — best price $0.992019-04-19 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-27 — best price $0.992020-09-26 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-03-05 — best price $0.492021-07-09 — best price $0.492021-11-02 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-05-16 — best price $0.492022-11-22 — best price $0.492023-02-06 — best price $0.992023-07-27 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-08-06 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-05-13 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-01-29 — best price $9.992026-07-23 — best price $9.992026-08-22 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-30 — 1 pageviews2026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1 pageviews2026-06-11 — 2 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 0 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 0 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 0 pageviews2026-07-08 — 0 pageviews2026-07-11 — 4 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-27 — 0 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
29.6%
earned "The Dig"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,7228%36

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

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieRetroShortActionPuzzleSci-fiAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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