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PULSAR: Lost Colony cover art

PULSAR: Lost Colony

Leafy Games · 2021-06-22

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Jun 22, 2021 (Linux), Jun 22, 2021 (Mac), Jun 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits

PULSAR: Lost Colony is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG title released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 5731 reviews).

1
playing now
90%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (1.3k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a science fiction space exploration video game by independent developers Leafy Games, LLC. The video game was greenlit on Steam Greenlight on October 3, 2013, and was later funded successfully on Kickstarter on October 31, 2013. The game was released in an Alpha state on February 25, 2014, and was later available on Steam's Early Access program following an official release on June 23, 2021.

Trailer

PULSAR: Lost Colony trailer thumbnail

PULSAR: Lost Colony - Launch Trailer

≈367,778 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (200 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 115k–258k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,740 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-11-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18118120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3902026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 39 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30714Sep 2015Aug 2026Sep 2015 — avg 111 · peak 413Jan 2016 — avg 95 · peak 236May 2016 — avg 56 · peak 173Sep 2016 — avg 52 · peak 164Jan 2017 — avg 80 · peak 336May 2017 — avg 128 · peak 988Sep 2017 — avg 31 · peak 98Jan 2018 — avg 53 · peak 200May 2018 — avg 41 · peak 120Sep 2018 — avg 28 · peak 80Jan 2019 — avg 55 · peak 171May 2019 — avg 41 · peak 116Sep 2019 — avg 29 · peak 97Jan 2020 — avg 73 · peak 277May 2020 — avg 78 · peak 238Sep 2020 — avg 37 · peak 114Jan 2021 — avg 68 · peak 244May 2021 — avg 86 · peak 292Sep 2021 — avg 78 · peak 242Jan 2022 — avg 128 · peak 441May 2022 — avg 113 · peak 381Sep 2022 — avg 44 · peak 140Jan 2023 — avg 62 · peak 211May 2023 — avg 67 · peak 260Sep 2023 — avg 60 · peak 246Jan 2024 — avg 41 · peak 135May 2024 — avg 34 · peak 125Sep 2024 — avg 53 · peak 186Jan 2025 — avg 64 · peak 234May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 94Sep 2025 — avg 26 · peak 95Jan 2026 — avg 26 · peak 104May 2026 — avg 18 · peak 63Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 57
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.992015-08-272026-07-092015-08-27 — best price $24.992016-11-23 — best price $17.492017-05-06 — best price $12.492017-07-05 — best price $24.992017-11-01 — best price $24.992018-01-04 — best price $24.992018-06-22 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $24.992019-07-18 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $14.992021-04-19 — best price $14.992021-06-22 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $24.992021-12-26 — best price $19.992022-05-06 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-02-13 — best price $24.992023-04-18 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-11-13 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-04-29 — best price $24.992024-08-19 — best price $19.992024-11-12 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5522026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 10 pageviews2026-09-04 — 10 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-16 — 4 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-24 — 10 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
22.2%
earned "Galaxy In Chaos"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Cloud

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2880%41

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvERPGCo-opSpaceRobotsSci-fiNonlinearSpace SimOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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