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Particle Fleet: Emergence

Knuckle Cracker · 2016-09-29

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2016 (Mac), Sep 29, 2016 (Linux)

Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.

Particle Fleet: Emergence is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy title released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1283 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

44
playing now
92%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,283 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

52152026-09-15 02:00 — 26 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 35 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 44 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 23 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 38 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 35 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 35 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 23 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 29 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 43 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 33 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 40 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 50 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 32 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 39 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2440Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2016 — avg 118 · peak 229Mar 2017 — avg 66 · peak 132Jul 2017 — avg 62 · peak 124Nov 2017 — avg 77 · peak 154Mar 2018 — avg 56 · peak 116Jul 2018 — avg 57 · peak 121Nov 2018 — avg 50 · peak 97Mar 2019 — avg 57 · peak 119Jul 2019 — avg 77 · peak 214Nov 2019 — avg 60 · peak 123Mar 2020 — avg 62 · peak 110Jul 2020 — avg 76 · peak 127Nov 2020 — avg 69 · peak 117Mar 2021 — avg 45 · peak 83Jul 2021 — avg 47 · peak 93Nov 2021 — avg 47 · peak 80Mar 2022 — avg 49 · peak 90Jul 2022 — avg 48 · peak 80Nov 2022 — avg 48 · peak 86Mar 2023 — avg 46 · peak 82Jul 2023 — avg 50 · peak 86Nov 2023 — avg 49 · peak 84Mar 2024 — avg 49 · peak 92Jul 2024 — avg 50 · peak 84Nov 2024 — avg 41 · peak 72Mar 2025 — avg 43 · peak 92Jul 2025 — avg 34 · peak 64Nov 2025 — avg 36 · peak 65Mar 2026 — avg 35 · peak 62Jul 2026 — avg 35 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 31 · peak 54
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492016-09-302026-07-092016-09-30 — best price $14.992017-01-12 — best price $13.492017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-02-15 — best price $11.992018-05-10 — best price $7.492018-10-15 — best price $9.892018-11-26 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-04-15 — best price $4.952019-07-08 — best price $4.952019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-09 — best price $3.592020-05-07 — best price $7.492020-09-03 — best price $3.712020-11-28 — best price $4.942021-01-11 — best price $3.712021-03-15 — best price $3.712021-05-31 — best price $3.712021-08-19 — best price $3.702021-10-18 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $4.942021-12-23 — best price $4.942022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-05-23 — best price $3.702022-08-01 — best price $4.942022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
93.5%
earned "Naivety"
58.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-11-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,07644%20

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

Player tags

2DRTSIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategySimulationLevel EditorSingleplayerTower Defense

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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