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IMPACT

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.

Released Sep 2, 2024 Developer Hochschule Darmstadt Platforms Windows Early AccessColony SimStrategySpace SimExploration
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

56.5%positive62 reviews
Recommended · 44 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 18 found this helpful

“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 played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

20achievements
8.0%median completion
3.9%rarest: Big Friendly Constellation
24.7% of players 21.4% of players 12.4% of players 12.2% of players 12.0% of players 11.8% of players 9.9% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 8.5% of players 8.0% of players 7.9% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 24.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
24.7%Space Pioneer — Hidden achievement
21.4%To the stars — Hidden achievement
12.4%Vehicle Specialist — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
3.9%Big Friendly Constellation — Hidden achievement
4.0%Friendly Constellation — Hidden achievement
4.0%Crater Expert — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 23, 2025
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

Mar 23, 2025
2.2.4

Fixed the Server image loading not working sometimes

Mar 23, 2025
2.2.3

fixing sesrver issues

Mar 19, 2025
V2.2.2

Added Backup Restore Functionality for broken savegames

Mar 04, 2025
2.2.1

Hotfix fixing certain tech tree items not being able to be researched

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresIndie, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Colony Sim · Strategy · Space Sim · Exploration · City Builder · Space · Science · 2D · Isometric · Top-Down · Base Building (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements20
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