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The Station

The Station Game ltd · 2018-02-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

The Station is a 2018 Adventure and Indie game priced at $14.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 1122 reviews).

1
playing now
86%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
49/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
3.90★
PlayStation Store rating (189 ratings)
1.3h
to beat · completionist 1.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–67k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,124 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 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420182026Week of 2018-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492017-01-062026-10-092017-01-06 — 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 $14.992026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-31 — 3 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-10 — 4 pageviews2026-07-14 — 0 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 3 pageviews2026-09-08 — 1 pageviews2026-09-12 — 1 pageviews2026-09-16 — 1 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-09 — 4 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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