Steam market intelligence
Trappist
90% positive · 72 Steam reviews · released Mar 1, 2024 · by Sirrah
ExplorationColony SimBuildingSpaceWholesomeManagementMiningIndie
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~2,376
(P10–P90: 950 – 5,227)
Gross revenue: ~$29,205
($11,677 – $64,249)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Story & writing94% positive · 16 mentions
“Trappist is a story-driven colony management experience, like a vastly simpler and more forgiving IXION or Frostpunk with an Anno-esque tiered resource system. You will need to set up colonies on every planet in the system, building…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 10 h played
Controls & UI88% positive · 16 mentions
“Trappist is a story-driven colony management experience, like a vastly simpler and more forgiving IXION or Frostpunk with an Anno-esque tiered resource system. You will need to set up colonies on every planet in the system, building…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 10 h played
Difficulty & balance85% positive · 13 mentions
“Definitely worth a look if you enjoy colony building and resource management games! Amazingly addictive and satisfying for such a simple game. There are areas where more tutorials or in-game tips would be helpful. For example, I was at…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 8 h played
Price & value100% positive · 12 mentions
“A calm and meditative game that strongly reminded me of Alien Legacy, a DOS game which I spent a lot of time in. I loved the concept of having a mothership (even if, like in Alien Legacy, it was somewhat underutilized in my playthrough)…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 17 h played
Gameplay & mechanics92% positive · 12 mentions
“This game feels like it's pre-early access. There's the start of a game (roughly one demo's worth or slightly more?), a lack of features, and some glaring UI problems that the dev(s?) have been aware of for over a year and still haven't…”Not recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 15 h played
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Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
Perspective
Top-down
Setting
SpaceSci-fi
Mood & themes
Wholesome
How you play together
Single-player
Platform features
AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud
Business model
Buy to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.