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Stardeus

Kodo Linija · Paradox Arc · 2022-10-12

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

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.

19
playing now
87%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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
  • · 19 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 20% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,551 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 6 of 12 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

39152026-08-11 19:00 — 31 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 33 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 39 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 28 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 35 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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…

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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