Embark overview

Overview

Embark comes from Overly Complicated Games and is published by Overly Complicated Games. It arrived on Steam on Apr 18, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Stats, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Embark's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 08:52:29 UTC, with a tracked peak near 11. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 61% positive across 386 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Embark is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Embark has sold up to 13,884 units and has 360 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $261,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Embark overview details

Embark combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world. It is a game targeted at enthusiasts of the genre who are looking for a deeper experience. While a lot of effort has been put into the interface, and there is a short tutorial, there is still a significant learning curve (especially while in Early Access). Order your colonists to build the ultimate base in multiple Z levels. Manage your colonists' needs. Watch your colonists live their own lives and have their own relationships. Build aqueducts and pumps to manage a detailed water simulation system. Farm food with a detailed plant simulation system. Tame and hunt animals. Craft dozens of different items to keep your colonists happy and defend yourself. Dig deep to find sources of metal ore with a prospecting system. Explore the massive game map. Defend your colony with a detailed combat system. Play a procedurally generated map with different biomes and places of interest each time. Each component of an item has a material and quality which affects the item differently. Impress or fight with other factions. Trade with other factions. Modding, with Steam workshop support. EXPLORE Explore a huge procedurally generated 3D world and meet its inhabitants. Embark simulates thousands of flora and fauna in detail. Time of day, seasons, temperature, and precipitation are modeled in detail. These conditions can have effects that help or hinder your colony. Crops can fail from lack of water or an early frost. CRAFT Gather a large variety of materials and craft items with…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Embark is listed as a game with $24.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Stats, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 08:52:29 UTC, a tracked peak of 11, and 61% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Colony SimBase-BuildingStrategyIndieSimulationEarly AccessSurvivalSandboxBuildingCraftingOpen WorldManagementSingleplayerModdable3D

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