The Game Census
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Paleon

Paleodev · 2023-10-27

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2021 (Linux)

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

81%
positive of 426 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 49,340 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.5k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 426 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-08-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420212026Week of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.492021-04-222026-10-082021-04-22 — best price $8.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-06 — best price $6.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-10-10 — best price $6.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $6.992023-05-26 — best price $9.992023-08-21 — best price $6.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-28 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-07-29 — best price $9.992024-10-14 — best price $2.492024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-01-27 — best price $9.992025-03-24 — best price $1.992025-05-17 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-09-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $1.492026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
20.5%
earned "Multitool"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, German, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7422%16

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

Player tags

2DIndieSandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalTop-DownColony SimHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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