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Archean
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“good game. 10/10 on the autism meter. However, the learning curve is more like a cliff at some points. The nodes are quite lacking as well as xenon code. However, the wiki is a great utility for anyone who wants to get into this game. Devs are also amazing at what they do, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 512 hrs played“The devs seem unafraid to try new things and generally step outside the comfort zone of the gaming industry standard. This has left me thinking "Why don't more games do this?" a few times in the few hours I've played so far. There's a learning curve, but there's also in-game…”
— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs played“no doubt the game is good but it needs improvment to optimazation. idk if its because i run linux and is somthing with proton. but i have a rtx 6650xt and it says i may not have a supported card. it gives me 14 fps idk why. otherwise this game has a lot of potential.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Welcome to Earth!
Welcome to Earth This update moves Archean from the Earth of the Archean eon to the Earth of today, with its continents, its atmosphere and its oil. It also brings a new Moon, two combustion engines (
Update 129
Added Temperature Probe component, a contact thermometer for hull blocks and panels Computer: Added device(), device_at() and device_count() to inspect the components connected to a computer (type, al
The Destruction & Aerodynamics Update
A destruction model, a new rendering mode without ray tracing, a fully rewritten aerodynamics model and improved physics: this update changes how your crafts fly, take damage and crash. Destruction Yo
Update 119
Physics: Fixed vehicles being launched into space when parented to a resting or anchored grid
Update 118
Build: Fixed strut colors reverting to default after world reload Physics: Fixed erratic orbital data and gradual Pe/Ap drift in low planetary orbits DockingPort: Fixed docked entities undocking on wo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Sandbox · Building · Programming · Immersive Sim · Open World · Crafting · Science · Space · Space Sim · Physics · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | https://archean.space/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit) Processor: quad core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 20 series (GTX not supported) or AMD Radeon 6000+ Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space