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Utopia Must Fall cover art

Utopia Must Fall

Pixeljam · 2024-09-09

Steam

ActionCasualEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 09, 2024 (Mac)

Defend humanity's last surviving metropolis from mysterious alien machinations in this challenging base-defense arcade shooter. Featuring rapid upgrade progression, procedurally generated attack waves, dark humor and laser-sharp aesthetics.

19
playing now
95%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 93 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,300 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.98-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 16 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16016020242026Week of 2024-09-09: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-16: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-09-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-23: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-07: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2882026-08-25 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 27 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$3.992024-09-092026-08-212024-09-09 — best price $5.392024-10-24 — best price $4.792024-11-27 — best price $4.672024-12-19 — best price $4.612025-01-31 — best price $4.492025-02-16 — best price $6.992025-04-02 — best price $6.992025-05-28 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-08-26 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-04 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $5.752026-01-12 — best price $6.292026-02-19 — best price $5.842026-03-19 — best price $5.842026-05-18 — best price $5.192026-06-04 — best price $5.392026-06-19 — best price $3.992026-06-29 — best price $4.792026-07-11 — best price $5.982026-08-03 — best price $4.392026-08-21 — best price $5.98
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
64.2%
earned "Calamari Fritti"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7960%31

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

Player tags

2DActionArcadeSci-fiShooterDark HumorRogue-liteBullet HellDark ComedyPerma Death

Census log

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

Recent updates

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