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Project AURA

Nexcentric Games · 2018-04-17

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

Project AURA is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 699 reviews).

0
playing now
64%
positive of 699 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (43 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 699 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320162026Week of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992015-01-062026-07-092015-01-06 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $17.992018-10-01 — best price $19.992018-12-10 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-06-26 — best price $7.492019-09-29 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492020-01-19 — best price $14.992020-04-26 — best price $7.492020-07-24 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $3.742021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-03 — best price $4.942021-07-08 — best price $3.742021-11-15 — best price $14.992022-01-06 — best price $2.992022-04-28 — best price $14.992022-08-18 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-27 — best price $2.992023-04-13 — best price $14.992023-07-29 — best price $2.992023-11-01 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $3.442024-02-28 — best price $14.992024-05-12 — best price $3.742024-08-10 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992026-03-02 — best price $2.992026-04-22 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
49.2%
earned "Trained"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing4 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, German

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2018-03-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5440%85

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

Player tags

IndieSci-fiEconomySandboxTradingBuildingStrategyRealisticManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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