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Outpost Engineer cover art

Outpost Engineer

David Decraene · WombatBarn · 2021-06-08

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Outpost engineer is a first person factory automation game set on a volcanic island. Build your base, dig into the terrain, use assembly lines to automate production. Explore, study and catalogue.

Outpost Engineer is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mixed (42% of 12 reviews) sentiment.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
42%
positive of 12 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-29 07:00 UTC (census sample)

It is the year 2546. You will be sent to a newly discovered oceanic planet through a one-directional wormhole. Your task is to set up a research base, establish communication to earth, and finally, open a stable wormhole portal so we can prepare the planet for colonization.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Top 93% of 28,692 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420212026Week of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$13.992021-06-082022-01-052021-06-08 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $15.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $13.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $13.992022-01-05 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
93.7%
earned "Ready Set Go"
20.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

VoxelMiningSci-fiScienceBuildingCraftingStrategySteampunkAutomationEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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