Ostranauts
Live player count and Steam charts
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Player history
Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 14, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.
Monthly player counts
| Month | Avg players | Gain | % gain | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 * | 188 | -73 | -28.0% | 314 |
| Jun 2026 | 261 | -51 | -16.3% | 464 |
| May 2026 | 312 | +93 | +42.5% | 553 |
| Apr 2026 | 219 | +124 | +130.5% | 706 |
| Mar 2026 | 95 | -10 | -9.5% | 165 |
| Feb 2026 | 105 | +3 | +2.9% | 187 |
| Jan 2026 | 102 | +7 | +7.4% | 184 |
| Dec 2025 | 95 | -8 | -7.8% | 160 |
| Nov 2025 | 103 | -13 | -11.2% | 189 |
| Oct 2025 | 116 | -41 | -26.1% | 256 |
| Sep 2025 | 157 | -53 | -25.2% | 342 |
| Aug 2025 | 210 | +9 | +4.5% | 434 |
* current month, data so far
Recent updates
- Jul 24, 2026PASS and Gigs Rebalance, More Improvements to AI and Others
- Jul 17, 2026Roster Helmet Toggle and Hour Indicator, Autotask Stillness, Tracking Alarm Fix
- Jul 16, 2026More Fixes for Crew AI, Docking Fees, and Other Issues
- Jul 14, 2026Fix for Random Pausing, Battery Swap Bug
- Jul 13, 2026Crew and NPC AI Improvements, Quality of Life Changes
- Jul 2, 2026Save Game and Docking Fixes, AI Improvement
When people play
Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 15 days, shown in .
Daily activity peaks around 20:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.
Audience
Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 44 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.
