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Stranded: Alien Dawn

Haemimont Games · Paradox Interactive · 2023-04-25

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Stranded: Alien Dawn is a 2023 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $34.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 84% of 11,372 reviews and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.

448
playing now
84%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
84/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
56
Nexus mods (65k downloads)
3.71★
PlayStation Store rating (4,033 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

448 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Stranded: Alien Dawn trailer thumbnail

Stranded: Alien Dawn | Launch Trailer | v1.0 Out Now

≈286,538 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 448 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 3% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 229k–515k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,436 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$34.99

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 9 of 23 observed days (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

1.1k3412026-09-14 21:00 — 619 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 393 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 630 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 815 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 656 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 647 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 854 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 461 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 521 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 887 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 493 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 436 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 628 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 446 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 544 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 976 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 535 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 342 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 598 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 654 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 516 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 576 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 686 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 448 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.4k459Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 2,778 · peak 5,262Dec 2022 — avg 1,055 · peak 2,780Feb 2023 — avg 735 · peak 1,646Apr 2023 — avg 1,707 · peak 8,778Jun 2023 — avg 1,405 · peak 2,892Aug 2023 — avg 926 · peak 1,858Oct 2023 — avg 719 · peak 1,373Dec 2023 — avg 1,667 · peak 3,313Feb 2024 — avg 914 · peak 1,939Apr 2024 — avg 1,895 · peak 4,830Jun 2024 — avg 759 · peak 1,504Aug 2024 — avg 762 · peak 1,439Oct 2024 — avg 1,036 · peak 1,956Dec 2024 — avg 943 · peak 1,753Feb 2025 — avg 760 · peak 1,515Apr 2025 — avg 773 · peak 1,366Jun 2025 — avg 714 · peak 1,297Aug 2025 — avg 626 · peak 1,118Oct 2025 — avg 865 · peak 1,874Dec 2025 — avg 641 · peak 1,123Feb 2026 — avg 559 · peak 1,026Apr 2026 — avg 502 · peak 897Jun 2026 — avg 472 · peak 823Aug 2026 — avg 959 · peak 2,412
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
19192026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 16 new negative2026-09-27: 6 new positive2026-09-27: 19 new negative2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$10.712022-10-122026-10-092022-10-12 — 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 $34.992026-09-04 — best price $34.992026-10-09 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

192102026-05-30 — 31 pageviews2026-06-03 — 24 pageviews2026-06-07 — 31 pageviews2026-06-11 — 15 pageviews2026-06-15 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 18 pageviews2026-06-23 — 23 pageviews2026-06-27 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 19 pageviews2026-07-09 — 25 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 22 pageviews2026-07-25 — 18 pageviews2026-07-29 — 25 pageviews2026-08-02 — 23 pageviews2026-08-06 — 192 pageviews2026-08-10 — 54 pageviews2026-08-14 — 45 pageviews2026-08-18 — 31 pageviews2026-08-22 — 40 pageviews2026-08-26 — 45 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 pageviews2026-09-03 — 33 pageviews2026-09-07 — 28 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 24 pageviews2026-09-19 — 36 pageviews2026-09-23 — 24 pageviews2026-09-27 — 28 pageviews2026-10-01 — 51 pageviews2026-10-05 — 41 pageviews2026-10-09 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4302026-09-30 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-04-25, latest 2023-11-07 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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