JUNKPUNK is a factory management, base building, exploration game where a New World Robotics ship has crash landed. You and any survivors must restore this ruined planet and prepare it for habitable life. Craft, build, explore, discover, and grow to terraform the planet.

Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchNovember 2021 | 61 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onFebruary 2022 | 11 | 18% | About average (better than 35% of 9,258 other games) |
| 12 months onNovember 2022 | 13 | 21% | About average (better than 54% of 7,793 other games) |
JUNKPUNK kept 18% of the average players it had at its launch in November 2021 after 3 months and 21% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 22 Oct) | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 2 | 0 | +4.2% | 6 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 2 | 0 | +0.4% | 11 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 2 | — | — | 8 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 3 | −1 | −33.3% | 8 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 4 | 0 | +7.8% | 15 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 4 | +1 | +33.1% | 11 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 3 | −1 | −28.1% | 13 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 4 | 0 | −8.6% | 15 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 4 | +1 | +16% | 13 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 4 | −1 | −19.1% | 13 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 5 | −2 | −27.5% | 15 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 6 | 0 | +2.8% | 18 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 6 | +3 | +70.5% | 22 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 4 | −1 | −28.2% | 12 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 5 | −2 | −25.5% | 12 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 7 | −1 | −17.4% | 20 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 8 | −2 | −18.8% | 27 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 10 | −2 | −19.2% | 32 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 12 | −5 | −28% | 54 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 17 | −5 | −24.1% | 59 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 23 | +13 | +127.4% | 79 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 10 | 0 | −1% | 31 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 10 | −4 | −29.8% | 35 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 14 | +1 | +11.1% | 42 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 13 | −14 | −52.1% | 37 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 27 | −4 | −13.8% | 94 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | +7 | +30.6% | 120 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 24 | +10 | +76.4% | 96 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 14 | −14 | −51.6% | 33 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 28 | −57 | −67% | 72 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 85 | +76 | +892.9% | 327 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 9 | +2 | +21.1% | 25 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 7 | −4 | −34.9% | 23 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 11 | 0 | +0.9% | 35 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 11 | −3 | −22.6% | 38 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 14 | −47 | −77.3% | 50 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 61 | — | — | 271 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.