The Game Census
Startopia cover art

Startopia

My Little Planet Ltd · 2013-10-10

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 04, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races, attracting them to harness their expertise and research new...

Startopia is a 2013 Simulation game priced at $6.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 971 reviews).

3
playing now
90%
positive of 974 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Startopia is a video game by Mucky Foot Productions and published by Eidos in June 2001, in which the player administers various space stations with the task of developing them into popular hubs. The game has a comical overtone, with lighthearted humour and cartoonish aliens. The game was re-released on GOG.com in September 2012 and was added to the Steam catalogue in October 2013.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 974 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.97-86%
GOG$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.83 at GOG (2020-04-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 10 of 52 observed days · $6.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.972015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-01-22 — best price $6.492015-03-23 — best price $5.992015-04-23 — best price $7.502015-06-03 — best price $6.492015-06-18 — best price $5.992015-07-15 — best price $6.492015-11-13 — best price $1.742016-01-28 — best price $6.992016-03-07 — best price $6.992016-06-08 — best price $1.492016-07-20 — best price $4.892016-12-01 — best price $2.392017-03-21 — best price $6.992017-07-17 — best price $6.992017-11-24 — best price $1.752018-01-11 — best price $6.992018-04-03 — best price $6.992018-08-06 — best price $0.972018-11-21 — best price $0.972019-01-23 — best price $1.192019-03-05 — best price $0.982019-04-17 — best price $1.332019-06-19 — best price $6.992019-08-30 — best price $0.982019-11-21 — best price $0.972020-01-23 — best price $0.972020-03-18 — best price $0.972020-05-21 — best price $0.972020-12-22 — best price $5.242021-12-13 — best price $3.492024-12-19 — best price $2.792026-08-30 — best price $6.992026-09-07 — best price $6.992026-09-15 — best price $6.992026-09-23 — best price $6.992026-10-01 — best price $6.992026-10-09 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

39122026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-05 — 19 pageviews2026-06-09 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 39 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 32 pageviews2026-07-23 — 16 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 23 pageviews2026-08-08 — 22 pageviews2026-08-12 — 22 pageviews2026-08-16 — 25 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 28 pageviews2026-09-09 — 27 pageviews2026-09-13 — 15 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-21 — 17 pageviews2026-09-25 — 12 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 23 pageviews2026-10-07 — 29 pageviews2026-10-11 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

RTSFunnySpaceAliensComedySci-fiSandboxStrategyColony SimManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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