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UFO: Afterlight cover art

UFO: Afterlight

Altar Games · Bohemia Interactive · 2014-01-06

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish.

UFO: Afterlight is a 2014 Indie, Strategy game priced at $1.39, with a Mixed sentiment (66% of 537 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

6
playing now
66%
positive of 537 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.39
steam price (US)

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

UFO: Afterlight is a 2007 real-time tactics/turn-based strategy video game and the third in Altar Games' UFO series. Like its predecessors UFO: Aftermath and UFO: Aftershock, it combines squad-level tactical combat with overlying strategic elements inspired by the 1994 classic UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 49,798 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 537 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.39-80%
GOG$1.39-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2014-11-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 78 of 109 observed days · $0.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
754Jan 2014Aug 2026Jan 2014 — avg 75 · peak 187May 2014 — avg 33 · peak 156Sep 2014 — avg 19 · peak 58Jan 2015 — avg 10 · peak 27May 2015 — avg 14 · peak 51Sep 2015 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2016 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2016 — avg 7 · peak 28Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2017 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2018 — avg 6 · peak 23May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2018 — avg 9 · peak 44Jan 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2019 — avg 7 · peak 33Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.742015-03-07 — best price $5.412015-05-07 — best price $1.392015-07-08 — best price $6.162015-10-23 — best price $1.392016-01-04 — best price $6.992016-04-23 — best price $1.402016-08-01 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-11-22 — best price $1.392018-04-25 — best price $1.402018-11-28 — best price $6.992019-07-10 — best price $6.992019-11-11 — best price $1.392020-07-17 — best price $6.992021-01-04 — best price $6.992021-11-22 — best price $6.992022-04-04 — best price $6.992022-10-09 — best price $1.392022-12-22 — best price $1.392023-03-04 — best price $6.992023-08-08 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $1.392024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-07-31 — best price $6.992024-11-11 — best price $1.392025-01-27 — best price $6.992025-05-09 — best price $6.992025-07-26 — best price $1.392025-09-29 — best price $1.392025-12-11 — best price $6.992026-03-03 — best price $1.392026-05-12 — best price $1.392026-07-27 — best price $6.992026-08-25 — best price $1.392026-09-06 — best price $1.392026-09-18 — best price $1.392026-09-30 — best price $1.392026-10-12 — best price $1.392026-10-15 — best price $1.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12052026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 19 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 17 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 14 pageviews2026-09-08 — 120 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 14 pageviews2026-09-20 — 12 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-06 — 10 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCaptions availableFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish

Player tags

RPGMarsIndieAliensSci-fiViolentStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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