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Space Station Alpha

NuclearFirecracker · 2015-02-27

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2015 (Linux), Feb 27, 2015 (Mac)

Build and manage a space station in the outer reaches of space. The challenges will be many, oxygen will escape through every tiny hole in the hull, you'll contend with asteroid showers and nebulous alien blobs.

46%
positive of 78 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (13 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 44,816 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 78 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at MacGameStore (2026-07-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.09 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820152025Week of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$1.092015-02-272026-07-282015-02-27 — best price $5.092015-03-06 — best price $5.992015-07-10 — best price $5.992016-01-04 — best price $5.992016-02-05 — best price $3.592016-02-12 — best price $5.992022-01-24 — best price $1.492022-02-28 — best price $5.992022-04-28 — best price $2.092022-05-07 — best price $5.992023-09-09 — best price $1.792023-09-11 — best price $5.992023-10-05 — best price $4.192023-10-20 — best price $5.992023-11-27 — best price $1.792023-12-05 — best price $5.992024-05-30 — best price $1.492024-06-10 — best price $5.992026-07-28 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

IndieSpaceStrategyDifficultSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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