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Terraformers

Asteroid Lab · Goblinz Publishing · 2023-03-09

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Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 26, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 21, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2023 (Xbox One), Sep 26, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 21, 2022 (Linux), Apr 21, 2022 (Mac)

Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!

Terraformers is a 2023 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 3749 reviews).

56
playing now
88%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.76★
PlayStation Store rating (237 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Terraformers trailer thumbnail

Terraformers - Official Console Launch Trailer

≈169,661 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 191 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (610 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 75k–169k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,749 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Fanatical (2025-06-08) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 97 of 148 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53853820222026Week of 2022-04-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

146342026-09-15 12:00 — 70 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 92 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 46 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 86 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 146 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 58 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 63 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 110 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 62 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 86 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 127 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 60 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 52 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 118 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 86 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 49 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 84 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 79 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 39 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 88 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 107 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 40 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60630Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 480 · peak 894Jun 2022 — avg 60 · peak 121Aug 2022 — avg 64 · peak 137Oct 2022 — avg 37 · peak 82Dec 2022 — avg 66 · peak 176Feb 2023 — avg 44 · peak 93Apr 2023 — avg 267 · peak 783Jun 2023 — avg 226 · peak 572Aug 2023 — avg 115 · peak 209Oct 2023 — avg 94 · peak 186Dec 2023 — avg 110 · peak 202Feb 2024 — avg 151 · peak 334Apr 2024 — avg 181 · peak 382Jun 2024 — avg 130 · peak 237Aug 2024 — avg 117 · peak 237Oct 2024 — avg 117 · peak 339Dec 2024 — avg 107 · peak 194Feb 2025 — avg 95 · peak 195Apr 2025 — avg 102 · peak 194Jun 2025 — avg 138 · peak 372Aug 2025 — avg 92 · peak 159Oct 2025 — avg 86 · peak 159Dec 2025 — avg 82 · peak 163Feb 2026 — avg 80 · peak 156Apr 2026 — avg 127 · peak 348Jun 2026 — avg 96 · peak 193Aug 2026 — avg 79 · peak 154
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.73$7.192022-04-152026-10-142022-04-15 — best price $19.992022-05-25 — best price $19.992022-07-18 — best price $15.992022-08-15 — best price $17.992022-10-08 — best price $17.572022-11-29 — best price $16.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-02-10 — best price $13.492023-03-20 — best price $15.992023-06-12 — best price $13.992023-07-31 — best price $17.992023-10-09 — best price $19.992023-11-17 — best price $10.522023-12-22 — best price $12.992024-02-08 — best price $11.992024-04-02 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-08-08 — best price $19.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $9.992025-01-22 — best price $19.992025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.902025-11-18 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $7.992026-06-05 — best price $8.002026-07-23 — best price $7.992026-08-29 — best price $7.992026-09-13 — best price $7.992026-09-28 — best price $7.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
48.4%
earned "The Red Planet Awaits - Pioneer"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing4 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2022-04-21, latest 2026-04-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1632%63
PS5 (PlayStation)949%64
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)410%63
PS4 (PlayStation)90%64
Switch (Nintendo)80%0
PS4 (PlayStation)80%64

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

MarsSpaceSci-fiScienceSurvivalCard GameBoard GameRogue-likeSimulationTurn-Based

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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