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The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation

Supercube · 2023-01-20

Steam

RPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: TBD (Mac), TBD (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?

1
playing now
66%
positive of 440 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Planet Earth. 2084 Climate change is accelerating the need to find new sources of materials and energy. Major projects are being launched around the world to tap into other objects in the solar system to fuel population and technological growth. One of the most promising missions in this new space race is in the hands of Octal, an international consortium specialized in fossil fuels. With colossal financial resources and a technological lead, Octal is preparing to land the first human crew on Io, the inner moon of Jupiter, chosen for its relative proximity and abundance of rare metals. Alth(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 48% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.8k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 440 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$14.992023-01-202026-03-262023-01-20 — best price $25.492023-01-27 — best price $29.992023-03-16 — best price $25.492023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-04-03 — best price $25.492023-04-10 — best price $29.992023-05-15 — best price $25.492023-05-22 — best price $29.992023-07-24 — best price $23.992023-07-31 — best price $29.992023-09-11 — best price $23.992023-09-18 — best price $29.992023-10-23 — best price $22.492023-10-30 — best price $29.992023-12-21 — best price $22.492024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-01-22 — best price $22.492024-01-29 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-01 — best price $22.492024-04-08 — best price $29.992024-05-13 — best price $20.992024-05-20 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $20.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-02 — best price $20.992024-09-09 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $20.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $20.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

30 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, German, Russian, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech…

Player tags

RPGRTSCraftingLife SimStrategySurvivalTop-DownRealisticManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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