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ION LANDS · 2017-02-07

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-06-14) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 3 of 3 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-02-072026-08-302017-02-07 — best price $17.992017-04-24 — best price $13.392017-06-22 — best price $9.992017-09-14 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $7.992017-12-12 — best price $19.992018-01-25 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-07-09 — best price $4.992018-09-10 — best price $14.992018-11-15 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-03-12 — best price $19.992019-06-08 — best price $19.992019-10-14 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-04-01 — best price $17.882020-05-25 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-10-07 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-03-01 — best price $19.992021-06-14 — best price $0.992021-07-26 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-03-21 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-08-01 — best price $1.492022-11-02 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
80.4%
earned "First Contact"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0151%52

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

Player tags

IndieActionNatureRobotsSci-fiCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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