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Project Explore cover art

Project Explore

Fern Nigro · 2017-08-10

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 20, 2015 (Linux), Mar 20, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.

Project Explore is an Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 240 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 240 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 240 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-05-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020152025Week of 2015-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.992015-03-202018-02-192015-03-20 — best price $5.242015-03-27 — best price $6.992015-05-25 — best price $4.682015-06-01 — best price $6.992015-06-11 — best price $3.492015-06-22 — best price $6.992015-08-03 — best price $4.682015-08-10 — best price $6.992015-09-09 — best price $4.992015-10-05 — best price $3.342015-10-12 — best price $4.992015-11-28 — best price $3.342015-12-01 — best price $4.992015-12-14 — best price $3.342015-12-21 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $3.342016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-01-21 — best price $5.992016-02-29 — best price $3.592016-03-07 — best price $5.992016-05-07 — best price $1.992016-05-16 — best price $0.992016-05-23 — best price $1.992016-08-08 — best price $1.192016-08-15 — best price $1.992016-11-23 — best price $1.592016-11-29 — best price $1.992016-12-22 — best price $1.792017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-07-24 — best price $0.992017-07-31 — best price $1.992017-08-03 — best price $4.992017-10-23 — best price $0.992017-10-30 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-19 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualSandboxSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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