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IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Release DateDec 7, 2022
Price$ 34.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)75.2% (mostly positive) / 76.2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)73.7% / 74.7%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)11.2K  Top 3% / 13K  Top 3%
Curators162 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time32.2 hours  Top 4%
Play Time per Dollar55 minutes  Top 25%
Followers103.2K  Top 1%
Owners± 293.4K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 264.7K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 7.4M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of IXION steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows IXION's Steam rating and reviews between December 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 71.6% (December 2022) to 76.2% (December 2023).

With 13K reviews Top 2%, IXION is definitely a major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for IXION and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows IXION's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (49%), followed by Simplified Chinese (16%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 27 different languages represented. The game is available in 9 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying IXION percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in IXION depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 59 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (40 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of IXION's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great storytelling and production value
  • The prologue was engaging
  • Not easy
  • Resource scarcity
  • Interesting space exploration mechanics
  • Alluring atmosphere
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Immersive music
  • Good potential
  • Numeric balance issues
  • Limited viable paths for tech tree and builds
  • Maintenance cost is too high
  • Pacing issues
  • Artificial difficulty mechanic
  • Static event rewards
  • Odd building measurements
  • Not enough storage
  • Triggers-based gameplay

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 75.2% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of IXION's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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