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Terraformers

Asteroid Lab · Goblinz Publishing · 2023-03-09

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Strategy

Modes: Single player

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!

111
playing now
88%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

111 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 111 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 15% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 75k–168k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,739 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.29-64%
GOG$7.99-60%
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 69 of 113 observed days · $2.00 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

122432026-08-06 21:00 — 99 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 61 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 79 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 75 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 97 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 73 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 116 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 51 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 95 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 113 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 60 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 85 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 80 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 100 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 54 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 63 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 96 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 51 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 87 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 55 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 48 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 99 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 66 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 111 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.73$7.192022-04-152026-08-302022-04-15 — best price $19.992022-05-13 — best price $17.092022-06-29 — best price $16.992022-07-29 — best price $17.972022-08-22 — best price $12.992022-10-08 — best price $17.572022-11-22 — best price $14.242022-12-19 — best price $13.082023-01-13 — best price $15.992023-02-17 — best price $15.992023-03-20 — best price $15.992023-05-29 — best price $17.402023-07-20 — best price $19.992023-09-12 — best price $11.332023-10-19 — best price $16.172023-11-17 — best price $10.522023-12-15 — best price $12.992024-01-26 — best price $11.992024-02-29 — best price $11.992024-04-19 — best price $8.992024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $8.992024-09-02 — best price $10.992024-10-23 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-22 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $7.992025-05-29 — best price $19.992025-08-18 — best price $19.992025-10-09 — best price $19.992025-11-18 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.192026-02-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $7.192026-05-01 — best price $7.992026-06-05 — best price $8.002026-07-13 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
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

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.

Player tags

MarsSpaceSci-fiScienceSurvivalCard GameBoard GameRogue-likeSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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