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Children of a Dead Earth
The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Several clones of the hard-scifi space combat simulator are coming out now (and, chances are, I will buy several of them), with thermonuclear engines, Delta-V management, and radiators, but this is, as far as I can tell, the father of them all. I played this when it first came…”
— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs played“OKAY!! I finally started playing this game after months of it sitting and intimidating me! First off - it looks scary. Kerbal Space Program was already a huge time sink and about as complex as I wanted to have to deal with, and then this comes along and I think "hmmm... looks…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Excellent game for hard sci-fi enjoyers and anyone fascinated by actual space travel. It's not the flashiest but is technically very impressive and is essentially a space simulator at it's core”
— a player, Steam review · 190 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:17 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch 1.2.1 - Level Editor, Multibarrel Guns, Wedge Ships, and more
Highlights - Fully Featured Level Editor - Flattened Ship Armor "Wedge" Shape - Multibarrel Guns and Preloaded Guns - Multiengine Gimbals - Better ship space efficiency - Sandbox Instant Action - Pre-
Patch 1.2.0 - Localization Support, Expanded Ship Design Options, and more!
Highlights - Foreign Language Support - Form Fitting Ship Armor - Polygonal Ship Armor - Modules Can Now Stack Around Each Other - Fuse Modules - Material/Module/Ship Sortable Grid View - Graphics: Sh
Patch 1.2.0 - Localization Support, Expanded Ship Design Options, and more!
Highlights - Foreign Language Support - Form Fitting Ship Armor - Polygonal Ship Armor - Modules Can Now Stack Around Each Other - Fuse Modules - Material/Module/Ship Sortable Grid View - Graphics: Sh
Patch 1.1.2 - Steam Workshop, Blast Launchers, Swarm Homing and more!
Highlights - In-game Steam Workshop Import and Export - Distributed Swarm Homing and "fuzzy" homing - Distributed Drone Swarm Targeting - Blast Launchers: Single shot, zero power, vertical launchers -
Patch 1.1.2 - Steam Workshop, Blast Launchers, Swarm Homing and more!
Highlights - In-game Steam Workshop Import and Export - Distributed Swarm Homing and "fuzzy" homing - Distributed Drone Swarm Targeting - Blast Launchers: Single shot, zero power, vertical launchers -
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · Space · Realistic · Sci-fi · Science · Singleplayer · Space Sim · Indie · Sandbox · Difficult · Physics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 9 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://childrenofadeadearth.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.70 GHz processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Storage: 200 MB available space