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IMPACT
IMPACT is an immersive sci-fi game set on the Moon. Build and manage a lunar base, generating valuable scientific data along the way. This data is used by the European Space Agency to train a real AI that will eventually land on the Moon.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“firstly, I've sunken way too many hours into researching this game and making sure it's legit. And I can say confidently that this is 100% real. This games development was lead by Professor Stephan Jacob from Hochschule Darmstadt university of science in Darmstadt Germany. Said…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“I like the idea and the whole topic with assisting researches behind the game, chilling gameplay is also, you know, chilling. The only no here is these AI-like people images. Get rid of them or change to something more neutral (like an astronaut in a space suit with no face…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“First: I like the vision. A game encouraging and incentivising players to assist research is a fantastic idea, especially since satellites can pump out images faster than any small group of humans can analyze them. I will later discuss how poorly this is done. Binding this with…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
2.2.5
First of all: Wow! The the easteregg hunt was ON! And you all marked 3 Million new craters. We are looking at 4.2 Million Craters ! We are just speechless. Maybe the fact that we were on the German na
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Colony Sim · Strategy · Space Sim · Exploration · City Builder · Space · Science · 2D · Isometric · Top-Down · Base Building (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 20 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit or newer Processor: Inlel i5-4590K or equivalent AMD-Hardware Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 960 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space