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TerraTech

Payload Studios · Mythwright · 2018-08-10

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 10, 2018 (Mac), Aug 10, 2018 (Xbox One), Aug 10, 2018 (Linux), May 29, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 10, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 14, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

TerraTech is a $24.99 Action and Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 24984 reviews).

272
playing now
91%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (5.0k downloads)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (1,542 ratings)
63/100
opencritic · weak · 45% recommend · from 11 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

TerraTech is an open-world construction sandbox game with action elements created and released by British developer Payload Studios on 10 August 2018 for Windows and Xbox One and four days later for PlayStation 4. A port to Nintendo Switch by Lab42 was released on 29 May 2019. The game focuses on interplanetary mining operations. Players build and operate vehicles, called Techs, and stationary bases to extract resources and fight rival prospectors.

Trailer

TerraTech trailer thumbnail

TerraTech Launch Trailer

≈201,174 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 272 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 881 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~110/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 627k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,072 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-02-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 33 of 64 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
66866820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3861542026-09-15 12:00 — 303 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 217 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 184 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 342 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 301 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 217 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 184 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 204 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 233 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 314 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 247 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 154 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 218 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 340 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 273 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 267 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 324 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 232 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 204 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 359 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 278 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 198 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 272 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k23Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 43 · peak 116Jun 2015 — avg 52 · peak 234Oct 2015 — avg 434 · peak 1,143Feb 2016 — avg 164 · peak 330Jun 2016 — avg 186 · peak 718Oct 2016 — avg 215 · peak 512Feb 2017 — avg 354 · peak 810Jun 2017 — avg 350 · peak 584Oct 2017 — avg 388 · peak 809Feb 2018 — avg 325 · peak 624Jun 2018 — avg 774 · peak 1,346Oct 2018 — avg 340 · peak 654Feb 2019 — avg 775 · peak 3,639Jun 2019 — avg 395 · peak 611Oct 2019 — avg 506 · peak 1,057Feb 2020 — avg 706 · peak 1,097Jun 2020 — avg 652 · peak 1,029Oct 2020 — avg 507 · peak 867Feb 2021 — avg 547 · peak 957Jun 2021 — avg 548 · peak 834Oct 2021 — avg 502 · peak 993Feb 2022 — avg 497 · peak 723Jun 2022 — avg 491 · peak 795Oct 2022 — avg 492 · peak 797Feb 2023 — avg 396 · peak 578Jun 2023 — avg 383 · peak 605Oct 2023 — avg 625 · peak 1,751Feb 2024 — avg 912 · peak 2,323Jun 2024 — avg 393 · peak 815Oct 2024 — avg 284 · peak 473Feb 2025 — avg 328 · peak 525Jun 2025 — avg 301 · peak 608Oct 2025 — avg 297 · peak 947Feb 2026 — avg 334 · peak 607Jun 2026 — avg 393 · peak 747Aug 2026 — avg 269 · peak 518
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-252026-10-142026-09-25: 11 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $30.992015-05-22 — best price $9.992015-07-09 — best price $11.432015-12-22 — best price $13.992016-06-23 — best price $13.992016-11-23 — best price $13.992017-04-26 — best price $13.392017-07-24 — best price $13.392017-12-21 — best price $13.392018-06-22 — best price $11.992018-12-10 — best price $18.742019-05-10 — best price $17.492019-10-28 — best price $17.492020-01-11 — best price $16.742020-04-20 — best price $24.992020-10-19 — best price $16.742021-02-11 — best price $16.742021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $24.992022-04-06 — best price $24.992023-03-10 — best price $24.992023-05-13 — best price $24.992023-08-25 — best price $24.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-05-27 — best price $8.492024-12-13 — best price $6.252025-05-09 — best price $6.242025-07-21 — best price $6.242025-09-27 — best price $24.992025-11-13 — best price $24.992026-01-08 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-15 — best price $6.252026-07-02 — best price $6.242026-08-27 — best price $24.992026-10-08 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2912026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-02 — 22 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 18 pageviews2026-09-14 — 24 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 14 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 13 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

402026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
69.3%
earned "Here Comes a New Challenger"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller Support8 DLC

17 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Swedish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2015-02-06, latest 2021-12-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,3643%15
Xbox One (Xbox)1,6762%15
PS4 (PlayStation)1,6362%16
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

IndieActionRobotsSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventureOpen World

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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