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SHAFTED

Looch Labs · 2022-10-13

SteamEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 13, 2022 (Linux), Oct 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

SHAFTED is a QUICK resource management game. Build your mini mining colony. Optimize your mineral outputs. Strategically position your buildings with turn based tactics. Pay off your contracts or else you'll get SHAFTED.

SHAFTED is a 2022 Simulation, Strategy, and Free To Play game priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (93% of 15 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 16 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

SHAFTED is a micro-mining simulator with an emphasis on letting you quickly build out your colony. Single rounds are fast and short. The alien clients swoop in to extract contract payments. Clear out those clients and call it a day.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 87% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620222026Week of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002022-10-132025-03-252022-10-13 — best price $3.992022-10-20 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $3.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-09 — best price $3.492023-10-16 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-13 — best price $2.492024-05-20 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.792024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $0.792025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.792025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-03-25 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
92.9%
earned "Not SHAFTED in the morning"
66.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

LogicPuzzleSci-fiEconomyBuildingStrategyTacticalTop-DownIsometricTurn-Based Combat

Census log

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

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