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Astroneer

Game · 2016 · Notable

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System Era says space game Astroneer sold over 600,000 units in its first month.

Original · System Era Softworks
3 Years of Astroneer Live: A Marketing & Comms Post-Mortem
Game Developer / Joseph Tirado (System Era Softworks)
Astroneer
Wikipedia (non-free, fair use)
Astroneer looks like 'The Martian' mixed with Minecraft and Kerbal Space Program
GamesBeat
Astroneer's ex-AAA devs explore a strange new world of indie life
Game Developer (originally Gamasutra)

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Numbers

All-time Steam peak concurrent players (SteamDB)
18K
As of Feb 10, 2019 · SteamDB
Seed to peak
2.2 years
Dec 16 ’16 to Feb 10 ’19
Platforms
6
Started on Open web
Origin
Seeded
Gaming

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How it spread

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System Era posted Astroneer GIFs in September 2015 and released a trailer on October 7, which developers on Twitter relayed. Early Access opened December 16, 2016 at #1 on Steam Top Sellers, with Twitch streams on day one. It sold 600,000+ units in its first month.

Wikipedia views · Google searchesJul ’15OctDecMay ’16SepJan ’17JunJun ’18Apr ’19Jul ’20Oct ’21Apr ’22PeakXYouTubePressOpen webTwitchReddit
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Timeline (17)

  1. September 2015

    Astroneer precursor · Sep 26 ’15

    Astroneer's official account posted a GIF of a crashed spaceship uncovered with the deformation tool.[1]

  2. October 2015

    System Era Softworks precursor · Oct 7 ’15

    System Era launched Astroneer's website and released its first trailer, with no external funding.[2]

  3. GamesBeat precursor · Oct 7 ’15

    GamesBeat covered the reveal trailer the day it came out.[3]

    Astroneer looks like 'The Martian' mixed with Minecraft and Kerbal Space Program
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Gaming
Region
Global
All-time Steam peak concurrent players (SteamDB)
18K
As of Feb 10, 2019 · SteamDB
Evidence
Grade B

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Wikipedia views · Google searchesJul ’15OctDecMay ’16SepJan ’17JunJun ’18Apr ’19Jul ’20Oct ’21Apr ’22PeakXYouTubePressOpen webTwitchReddit
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  1. September 2015

    Astroneer precursor · Sep 26 ’15

    Astroneer's official account posted a GIF of a crashed spaceship uncovered with the deformation tool.[1]

  2. October 2015

    System Era Softworks precursor · Oct 7 ’15

    System Era launched Astroneer's website and released its first trailer, with no external funding.[2]

  3. GamesBeat precursor · Oct 7 ’15

    GamesBeat covered the reveal trailer the day it came out.[3]

    Astroneer looks like 'The Martian' mixed with Minecraft and Kerbal Space Program
  1. precursor · Oct 8 ’15

  2. precursor · Oct 30 ’15

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