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Space Architect

Albert Wiatr · PlayWay S.A. · 2024-11-23

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

Space Architect is a 2024 Indie Simulation Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 308 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

8
playing now
74%
positive of 308 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 308 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.35 at GameBillet (2026-05-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 60 of 66 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520202026Week of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2812026-09-15 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
601Dec 2020Aug 2026Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2024 — avg 1 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 29 · peak 94Dec 2024 — avg 43 · peak 161Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 54Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 32Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 30Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 60 · peak 523Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 59Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 36Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 27Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 71
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.322020-11-252026-08-272020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-01-25 — best price $7.992022-01-07 — best price $8.092023-03-16 — best price $8.092023-11-21 — best price $7.642024-02-03 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-26 — best price $5.302024-12-19 — best price $6.992025-02-16 — best price $6.992025-03-31 — best price $9.992025-06-20 — best price $9.992025-08-07 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $3.292025-10-18 — best price $2.412025-10-23 — best price $5.302025-11-07 — best price $2.452025-11-21 — best price $1.862025-12-01 — best price $5.302025-12-25 — best price $2.222026-01-17 — best price $1.632026-02-06 — best price $9.992026-03-04 — best price $5.302026-04-07 — best price $1.392026-04-24 — best price $6.002026-05-24 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $1.322026-07-11 — best price $2.192026-08-07 — best price $6.002026-08-18 — best price $5.612026-08-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
92.9%
earned "Did I leave the stove on?"
49.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsStatsFamily Sharing

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2799%24

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

Player tags

IndieSci-fiEconomySandboxBuildingCartoonyStrategySurvivalTop-DownAutomation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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