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The Fermi Paradox

Anomaly Games · 2021-07-01

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.

The Fermi Paradox is a 2021 Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access game priced at $18.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (77% of 1003 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$18.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (244 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,003 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$15.19-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $15.19 at Steam (2021-09-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 19 of 69 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19319320212026Week of 2021-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
613Jul 2021Jul 2026Jul 2021 — avg 61 · peak 415Sep 2021 — avg 20 · peak 164Nov 2021 — avg 13 · peak 52Jan 2022 — avg 15 · peak 49Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 36May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 38Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 24Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 66Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 44Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 26Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Sep 2023 — avg 11 · peak 63Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 33Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 38Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$15.192021-07-012026-10-142021-07-01 — best price $17.092021-09-28 — best price $15.192021-12-22 — best price $17.092022-01-31 — best price $18.992022-02-17 — best price $18.992022-05-05 — best price $15.192022-09-12 — best price $15.192022-12-22 — best price $15.192023-05-06 — best price $18.992023-06-14 — best price $15.192023-08-07 — best price $15.192023-10-16 — best price $15.192023-12-21 — best price $15.192024-01-29 — best price $15.192024-03-15 — best price $15.192024-05-10 — best price $18.992024-07-11 — best price $18.992025-01-02 — best price $18.992025-01-22 — best price $18.992025-07-10 — best price $18.992025-10-06 — best price $18.992026-02-25 — best price $18.992026-04-03 — best price $15.192026-05-05 — best price $15.192026-06-25 — best price $15.192026-08-14 — best price $15.192026-08-30 — best price $18.992026-09-03 — best price $18.992026-09-07 — best price $18.992026-09-11 — best price $18.992026-09-15 — best price $18.992026-09-19 — best price $18.992026-09-23 — best price $18.992026-09-27 — best price $18.992026-10-01 — best price $18.992026-10-05 — best price $18.992026-10-09 — best price $15.192026-10-13 — best price $15.192026-10-14 — best price $15.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-03-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceAliensSci-fiGod GameStrategyPoliticalSpace SimEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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