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Silica

Martin 'Dram' Melichárek · Bohemia Interactive · 2023-05-03

Steam

ActionIndieStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 03, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?

Silica is an Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 4933 reviews).

14
playing now
76%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Silica is a 2023 science fiction real-time strategy shooter video game developed by Martin "Dram" Melichárek and published by Bohemia Interactive, released for Microsoft Windows in early access exclusively through the Steam distribution platform. Set in the 24th century on the exoplanet Baltarus, Silica follows a three-sided resource war over Balterium, a valuable mineral capable of power manipulation. The game features a hybrid of shooter gameplay and strategy gameplay, with both modes accessible based on the player's role in their faction.

Trailer

Silica trailer thumbnail

Silica - Official Gameplay Release Trailer

≈875,243 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 280 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,818 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 99k–222k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,933 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2023-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 1,427 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 391 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6772026-09-15 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 25 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 67 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 34 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 23 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 34 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
43411May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 434 · peak 1,421Jun 2023 — avg 165 · peak 350Jul 2023 — avg 82 · peak 179Aug 2023 — avg 74 · peak 242Sep 2023 — avg 52 · peak 155Oct 2023 — avg 71 · peak 277Nov 2023 — avg 93 · peak 193Dec 2023 — avg 68 · peak 175Jan 2024 — avg 48 · peak 133Feb 2024 — avg 37 · peak 130Mar 2024 — avg 43 · peak 151Apr 2024 — avg 31 · peak 84May 2024 — avg 36 · peak 105Jun 2024 — avg 49 · peak 130Jul 2024 — avg 42 · peak 107Aug 2024 — avg 32 · peak 109Sep 2024 — avg 54 · peak 250Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 80Nov 2024 — avg 49 · peak 154Dec 2024 — avg 37 · peak 119Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 116Feb 2025 — avg 19 · peak 73Mar 2025 — avg 30 · peak 121Apr 2025 — avg 25 · peak 82May 2025 — avg 18 · peak 50Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 62Jul 2025 — avg 15 · peak 50Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 63Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 48Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 55Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 59Dec 2025 — avg 58 · peak 232Jan 2026 — avg 27 · peak 88Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 81Mar 2026 — avg 18 · peak 52Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 41May 2026 — avg 29 · peak 112Jun 2026 — avg 28 · peak 70Jul 2026 — avg 32 · peak 88Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 70
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$15.992023-05-032026-07-272023-05-03 — best price $19.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-22 — best price $19.992024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-19 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-27 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-28 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2552026-06-02 — 13 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 25 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 20 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 24 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-06 — 16 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 17 pageviews2026-09-26 — 15 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 14 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DFPSPvPRTSActionAliensSci-fiPhysicsShooterStrategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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