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Stellar Monarch

Silver Lemur Games · 2016-12-05

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.

Stellar Monarch is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $7.49, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (80% of 228 reviews).

1
playing now
80%
positive of 228 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (32 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 228 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 64 of 94 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920162026Week of 2016-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110Mar 2016Dec 2024Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2016 — avg 11 · peak 50Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 29Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Dec 2019 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — Dec 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.742016-03-092026-10-142016-03-09 — best price $22.492017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-09-21 — best price $19.992018-05-10 — best price $17.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-06-03 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $9.992020-02-17 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992021-01-14 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-05-06 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992023-01-16 — best price $19.992023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-08-28 — best price $7.492023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $7.492024-05-02 — best price $7.492024-08-01 — best price $7.492024-11-05 — best price $14.992025-01-06 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $5.092025-05-21 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $7.492025-10-28 — best price $7.492026-02-28 — best price $14.992026-04-22 — best price $7.492026-07-13 — best price $7.492026-09-01 — best price $7.492026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $7.492026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
11.8%
earned "You have failed me"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8825%6

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

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiCold WarPoliticsStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalFuturisticManagement

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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