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Space Drilling Station

Ayota Games · Abiding Bridge · 2026-04-20

Steam

SimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 20, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!

Space Drilling Station is a Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2026, priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 84 reviews).

93%
positive of 83 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 47% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 83 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.11 at GreenManGaming (2026-05-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 20 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720262026Week of 2026-04-20: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$11.752026-04-202026-08-192026-04-20 — best price $15.092026-04-21 — best price $17.992026-04-22 — best price $17.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $15.982026-05-04 — best price $19.992026-05-08 — best price $19.992026-05-31 — best price $11.752026-06-01 — best price $13.192026-06-02 — best price $15.992026-06-11 — best price $16.102026-06-14 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $15.982026-06-17 — best price $15.892026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-07-03 — best price $19.992026-07-04 — best price $15.892026-07-08 — best price $11.752026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-13 — best price $15.992026-07-21 — best price $19.992026-07-22 — best price $15.892026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-07-31 — best price $11.752026-08-01 — best price $16.042026-08-03 — best price $13.192026-08-05 — best price $15.992026-08-10 — best price $15.982026-08-17 — best price $13.112026-08-19 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-04-20 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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