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Stranded: Alien Dawn

Haemimont Games · Paradox Interactive · 2023-04-25

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 25, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 25, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 25, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

715
playing now
84%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50
twitch viewers (latest)
84/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

715 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Stranded: Alien Dawn is a survival simulation video game developed by Haemimont Games and originally published by Frontier Foundry. The game was released for Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in April 2023. In April 2025, the game's rights were sold to Paradox Interactive for £3.6 million.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 715 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 516 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 227k–510k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,329 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.00 at GameBillet (2024-12-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days · $6.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
93193120222026Week of 2022-10-01: 931 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.4k5212026-08-07 00:00 — 1,008 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 924 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1,661 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1,364 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 1,320 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 2,090 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 1,607 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 1,563 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 2,369 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 1,510 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 1,085 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 1,831 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 1,343 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1,091 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 1,806 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 1,122 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 881 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1,678 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 1,090 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 609 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 1,014 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 877 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 698 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1,267 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1,036 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 521 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 758 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,016 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 715 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$10.712022-10-122026-08-282022-10-12 — best price $29.992023-04-28 — best price $33.242023-05-26 — best price $32.092023-07-06 — best price $28.472023-07-23 — best price $23.092023-08-23 — best price $23.332023-09-21 — best price $27.992023-10-19 — best price $27.992023-11-14 — best price $24.492023-12-02 — best price $34.992023-12-20 — best price $24.492024-01-15 — best price $23.992024-02-07 — best price $24.492024-02-26 — best price $28.692024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-04-02 — best price $32.092024-04-18 — best price $34.992024-06-06 — best price $17.492024-06-28 — best price $17.152024-07-23 — best price $17.492024-08-10 — best price $28.692024-09-02 — best price $17.492024-09-25 — best price $15.402024-10-17 — best price $26.992024-11-22 — best price $13.232024-12-02 — best price $15.752024-12-19 — best price $10.712024-12-30 — best price $11.002025-01-20 — best price $13.992025-01-30 — best price $14.002025-02-10 — best price $13.992025-02-26 — best price $13.992025-03-14 — best price $34.992025-03-29 — best price $12.372025-09-28 — best price $13.992026-02-23 — best price $34.992026-08-28 — best price $17.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

192102026-05-30 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 24 pageviews2026-06-05 — 20 pageviews2026-06-08 — 31 pageviews2026-06-11 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 19 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-23 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 22 pageviews2026-07-02 — 21 pageviews2026-07-05 — 19 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-11 — 28 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-26 — 33 pageviews2026-07-29 — 25 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 120 pageviews2026-08-10 — 54 pageviews2026-08-13 — 41 pageviews2026-08-16 — 36 pageviews2026-08-19 — 36 pageviews2026-08-22 — 40 pageviews2026-08-25 — 34 pageviews2026-08-27 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13102026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 50 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
78.3%
earned "Better than nothing"
18.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,6771%58
PS5 (PlayStation)1,9392%59
PS4 (PlayStation)6382%59
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4253%58

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

Player tags

3DCombatCookingHuntingCraftingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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