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Per Aspera cover art

Per Aspera

Tlön Industries · Raw Fury · 2020-12-03

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

46
playing now
76%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

46 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Per Aspera is a city-building game developed by Tlön Industries and published by Raw Fury for Windows on December 3, 2020. The player takes the role of AMI, an artificial intelligence with the objective of terraforming Mars for human colonization.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 46 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 144 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,312 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 115k–259k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,761 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$6.27-79%
GreenManGaming$6.30-79%
Gamesplanet$6.87-77%
WinGameStore$7.39-75%
GOG$7.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.26 at GameBillet (2026-03-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 78 of 128 observed days · $1.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
87487420202026Week of 2020-12-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 438 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8502026-08-07 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 83 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 41 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 47 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 73 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 56 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 44 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 41 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 81 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 34 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 66 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 46 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.69$5.672020-12-032026-08-302020-12-03 — best price $22.942021-02-20 — best price $29.992021-04-19 — best price $23.992021-08-01 — best price $29.992021-10-18 — best price $29.992021-12-05 — best price $29.992022-01-24 — best price $12.002022-03-20 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $14.992022-08-17 — best price $11.992022-12-23 — best price $14.992023-03-07 — best price $29.992023-06-11 — best price $14.992023-09-04 — best price $24.592023-10-20 — best price $11.992023-12-22 — best price $9.172024-02-22 — best price $29.992024-04-17 — best price $29.992024-06-14 — best price $23.992024-07-29 — best price $29.992024-08-25 — best price $9.552024-09-25 — best price $9.702024-10-23 — best price $25.502024-11-21 — best price $7.492024-12-12 — best price $9.892025-01-04 — best price $8.622025-03-10 — best price $29.992025-04-09 — best price $25.502025-06-03 — best price $24.872025-07-28 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-11 — best price $17.992026-02-11 — best price $7.492026-03-27 — best price $7.492026-04-27 — best price $29.992026-06-09 — best price $26.882026-07-23 — best price $29.992026-08-20 — best price $5.762026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11072026-05-29 — 29 pageviews2026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 24 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-07 — 31 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 34 pageviews2026-08-24 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
70.9%
earned "Otherness"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,7832%55

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

Player tags

RobotsSandboxBuildingModdableStrategyReal-TimeAutomationColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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