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Stardeus

Kodo Linija · Paradox Arc · 2022-10-12

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 12, 2022 (Mac), Oct 12, 2022 (Linux)

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Stardeus is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1558 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

41
playing now
87%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 73 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (374 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,558 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-06-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33533520222026Week of 2022-10-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

41102026-09-15 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 36 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 32 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 28 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 29 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
85325Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 853 · peak 2,135Dec 2022 — avg 121 · peak 316Feb 2023 — avg 118 · peak 293Apr 2023 — avg 49 · peak 115Jun 2023 — avg 53 · peak 119Aug 2023 — avg 58 · peak 144Oct 2023 — avg 94 · peak 296Dec 2023 — avg 59 · peak 130Feb 2024 — avg 40 · peak 100Apr 2024 — avg 43 · peak 107Jun 2024 — avg 46 · peak 94Aug 2024 — avg 158 · peak 423Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 76Dec 2024 — avg 37 · peak 70Feb 2025 — avg 101 · peak 296Apr 2025 — avg 40 · peak 73Jun 2025 — avg 127 · peak 539Aug 2025 — avg 39 · peak 74Oct 2025 — avg 62 · peak 191Dec 2025 — avg 46 · peak 85Feb 2026 — avg 46 · peak 86Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 53Jun 2026 — avg 35 · peak 72Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 52
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.992022-10-122026-07-092022-10-12 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-01-30 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-18 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-08-21 — best price $29.992023-10-23 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-04 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-10 — best price $29.992024-05-24 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-07-25 — best price $29.992024-09-09 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-06 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-03-31 — best price $29.992025-05-13 — best price $29.992025-06-20 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-10-26 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-07 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
52.3%
earned "Winch"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Korean, Italian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-10-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4360%76

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

Player tags

2DSpaceSci-fiSandboxCraftingStrategySurvivalSpace SimColony SimOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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