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The Station

The Station Game ltd · 2018-02-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jan 13, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 19, 2018 (Mac), Feb 19, 2018 (Linux), Feb 20, 2018 (Xbox One)

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
49/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
1.3h
to beat · completionist 1.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Station is an atmospheric science fiction mystery video game by American indie team The Station for Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It was released on February 20, 2018.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–67k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,122 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492017-01-062026-08-282017-01-06 — best price $14.992018-05-10 — best price $11.992018-06-17 — best price $14.992018-07-23 — best price $14.992018-09-24 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $7.492019-03-04 — best price $14.992019-06-26 — best price $4.492019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-11-21 — best price $5.242020-01-09 — best price $2.992020-02-10 — best price $14.992020-05-11 — best price $4.492020-07-13 — best price $5.092020-09-07 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-14 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $4.492021-05-10 — best price $14.992021-08-30 — best price $2.242021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $5.242022-04-11 — best price $14.992022-08-22 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $2.242024-07-11 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $2.242026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-31 — 3 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
88.9%
earned "Into the Unknown"
57.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)3,00988%11
Steam (Steam)1,25736%11
PS4 (PlayStation)24672%11
PS4 (PlayStation)23376%11
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieShortSpaceHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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