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Under A New Sun cover art

Under A New Sun

New Horizon Games · 2023-11-13

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

76%
positive of 401 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.59
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 12,501 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.0k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 401 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.19 at Steam (2025-07-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720232026Week of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

28
achievements tracked
42.4%
earned "Stone age"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo Sound

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)405%28

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

Player tags

IndieNatureSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureRealisticOpen WorldUnderwaterAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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