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Signal Simulator

Blagovest Penev · 2018-04-29

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 29, 2018 (Linux)

Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.

1
playing now
79%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,027 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992018-04-302026-07-092018-04-30 — best price $17.992018-07-09 — best price $9.992018-10-29 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $7.992019-04-30 — best price $9.992019-09-02 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $7.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-04-13 — best price $7.992020-09-07 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $9.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-04-12 — best price $9.992021-07-26 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-04-11 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-10-17 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-03-17 — best price $9.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-07-17 — best price $9.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992023-12-04 — best price $9.992024-01-31 — best price $9.992024-03-25 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-04-23 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieSpaceAliensHorrorSandboxScienceSimulationAtmosphericFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.