UFO: Afterlight

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UFO: Afterlight

Short description

The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish.

Developer
Altar Games
Publisher
Bohemia Interactive
Release
Mon, Jan 06, 2014
Price
$6.99
Reviews
370
Positive
71%
Followers
2,303
Owners (estimated)
200K – 500K
Concurrent players
7
Genres
Indie, Strategy
Features
Captions available
Tags
Strategy Tactical Sci-fi Real-Time with Pause Indie Aliens Singleplayer Turn-Based Mars Violent RPG Turn-Based Strategy
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$102ksomewhere between $45k and $3.1m · roughly 7K–500K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $6.11, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $6.99 launch price. That is 13% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

12 data points since Aug 10, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$101k → ~$102k
Reviews 367 → 370
Followers 2,301 → 2,303
Concurrent players 7 → 7
Price $6.99 → $6.99
Positive reviews 70.6% → 70.5%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 321 further data points reach back to Nov 22, 2012 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.69 on Nov 21, 2014.

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