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In Prosperous Universe start your galactic empire by trading on the real-time market exchange with other real players. Build your 1st base from humble beginnings & watch as your business flourishes with complex supply chain strategies. Economics, politics & realism fuel this immersive business MMO.
645 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
54 months, April 2022 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 379 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 266 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Prosperous Universe was released on 20 Apr, 2022.
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Michi looks back at four busy months: an attack on the commodity exchanges, a maintenance release, and market makers that finally adjust themselves. Under Attack May started calmly enough. The switch to approval voting had settled in, and a…
molpHey everyone, Summer is upon us, time for a news roundup! Here we go: Release 2026.06 is out Last week we released the 2026.06 maintenance update. The full release notes are available on the forums, as usual. Here are a few highlights: The…
molpNew Features Unload on arrival toggle SFC now has a toggle to enable and disable 'unload on arrival' even during flight. This is a PRO feature, as the 'unload on arrival' feature is PRO as well.…
molpToday we're delighted to announce that Prosperous Universe can now be played in Japanese, thanks entirely to the dedication of our community translation team. Japanese has long been one of the most requested languages from our players, and…
molpMichi looks back at March and April: server performance gets a major boost and a political crisis unfolds on Promitor. Performance Month March kicked off with Michi continuing his investigation into the game's server performance. At almost…
molpAdditional Storage Buildings There will be four more storage buildings: STA Auxiliary Storage: will add 2500t / 2500m³ STV Volume Storage: will add 2500t / 7500m³ STW Weight Storage: will add 7500t / 2500m³ STE Expansive Storage: will add…
molpMichi looks back at December and January: gateway success, maintenance work, new features, and new player improvements. After the holiday break and a productive January, it's time for a recap of the past two months' development. We've been…
molpGateways are the first type of massive infrastructure that can be built by planetary governments. Gateways allow the establishment of a network of faster-than-light links between systems that haven’t previously been connected. It’s time to…
molpTL;DR: This fall, Prosperous Universe has been in development for 10 years. A process we continuously documented in 500 devlogs. Now we are celebrating with the upcoming release of the long-awaited gateways, a State of the Universe…
molpOctober was a busy and exciting month for Prosperous Universe! Between a new release, a few tricky bugs, and some long-overdue maintenance tasks, the team made good progress on both the technical and game design fronts. The month kicked off…
molpNew Features New Sectors {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41676092/ca0e59da46f2bd4837b24329b46608ca039f4eb7.png Nine new sectors have been discovered and added to the map. Beware though: these sectors do not have regular FTL connections to the previously…
molpHere it is: our first monthly devlog summary for September 2025! September was all about gateways! After a short summer break, Michi returned to the office ready to dive back into one of the biggest technical additions to Prosperous…
molpMichi (molp) 500! Five hundred! It's hard to believe, but today's devlog is the 500th one. When I wrote Martin a while ago that the 500th devlog is coming up, he just reacted with the 🤯 emoji, and that is how I feel as well. This feels like…
molpChanges Mission planning To lay the technical foundation for the upcoming gateway release, we reworked the mission planning system. The changes are mostly technical, so ideally you should not notice any changes during mission planning and…
molpMarker Makers We'll adjust the prices at which market makers buy commodities as follows: ADR: 58000 -> 70000 AIR: 185000 -> 200000 CBL: 91000 (unchanged) CBM: 63000 (unchanged) CBS: 42000 (unchanged) CC: 370000 -> 650000 CCD: 61000 -> 80000…
molpConsumable Bundles Once you have multiple bases, providing them with the necessary consumables for the workforce can become a logistical challenge. Especially bases with mixed workforce types have many different (luxury) consumables. This…
molpIt has been a while since our last newsletter, so let's not waste any time! Here are the news: State of the Universe In December, we hosted a live stream on YouTube where we talked about the current state of the universe and what we have…
molpPRO license time gifting Show your generosity by gifting a fellow player a PRO license! The feature allows any player with a PRO license to gift some of their remaining PRO license time to another player. The gifted time will be added to…
molpChanges Multi-commodity Contracts The buy, sell and ship templates in the CONTD command now allow to add multiple commodities. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41676092/447ce70c09daac26a303729460ac93c7958beed8.png In order to identify which shipment or…
molpThe festive season is almost upon us, time to celebrate with a discount. From now until December 26th all PRO license purchases are 15% off. Please note that a single PRO license purchase is enough to fall back to the BASIC license once PRO…
molpChanges Market Maker Changes Buying CCD 55000 → 61000 RED 45000 → 50000 SRD 53000 → 59000 SDR 72000 → 80000 SUD 75000 → 83000 CC 300000 → 370000 CRU 150000 → 185000 FFC 150000 → 185000 LIS 250000 → 310000 LOG 56000 → 68000 WR 50000 → 61000…
molpNew Features Burn rate The workforces command WF shows the remaining days left for each consumable given the current consumption rate. This helpful tool has been in the community developed PMMG tool for ages and has finally made it into the…
molpWith the Realpolitik update, solo governors are a thing of the past with fully democratized parliaments taking the helm. Coupled with a brand-new governmental accounting system and the ability to switch between company and government…
molpIt fills us with joy to announce that Prosperous Universe is part of the "Games Baked in Germany" Steam event! This event is all about highlighting the German games and game developers! We strongly encourage you to check out the event page…
molpReading our devlogs on a weekly basis gives you a good idea about what we are currently up to. It is easy though to lose sight of the big picture and our medium term goals. With this devlog we want to recap what happened in the last months…
molpNew Features German translation - Willkommen! APEX is now available in German. That makes German, after English, the second officially supported language. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41676092/ffd9e4f60ed72428845359d6415db5291f792863.png The logout…
molpDear Licensees! As 2023 draws to a close, we'd like to take a moment to reflect on the year and provide a brief glimpse into what lies ahead in 2024. Our journey in 2023 began with a makeover of the new player experience. As outlined in…
molpThe Liquidity update introduces new loan templates for private contracts, an updated company rating system and leaderboards! If your APEX console is stuck in a loading state after the update, please make sure to refresh it once after the…
molpMartin These days, you know something's up when yours truly makes an appearance on the devlog. And this time is no different: Today I finally received an email I had been desperately waiting for weeks. It contained the very good news that…
molpMichi (molp) I am back from a short vacation, so naturally there is not much I can talk about this week. Except! There is a new release upcoming, and we finally can share what it will entail!…
molpMichi (molp) I mentioned last week, that I started implementing a new feature, and I can finally show some pictures! It is part of a larger endeavor towards leaderboards. Leaderboards have been requested many times in the past, as…
nickitynacksMichi (molp) I was finally able to finish the implementation of what we call the new player journey. If you haven't been following the devlogs lately, you can read up what it is and what we want to achieve with it in the last few devlogs.…
nickitynacksMichi (molp) I want to share the progress of our UI refresh project with you this week. As a disclaimer, please note that this is work in progress and by no means finished yet. Have a look at this screen from the current version of the UI.…
nickitynacksRaise prestige and rise to prominence. Your chosen faction is depending on you to help build a solid network of reliability and influence. Complete crucial tasks that will determine the impact that your faction has across the universe, all…
nickitynacksIn honor of American Thanksgiving, we are giving players 10% off any PRO License purchase. You can redeem the code when accessing your Prosperous Universe user account. Use code TRKY10 Happy Thanksgiving and see you in APEX!
nickitynacksMichi (molp) Good news everyone! We are close to our next release, and it'll be called Prestige. You can find all the details in the Release Notes, but if you followed the devlogs over the course of the last weeks, you'll already know that…
nickitynacksMichi (molp) This week I was able to finish the exploration faction contract I talked about last week. While the contracts themselves did already work last week, lots of details have been added. Have a look at the video below. The player…
nickitynacksMichi (molp) I continued to work on improving the server performance this week. I already wrote a bit about it in last week's devlog. Besides the accounting system, we found other places where we can improve the memory consumption. To our…
nickitynacksThe Convergence is upon us. You have been given the opportunity to gradually upgrade your ships as you see fit, but make sure your ship is first parked in the shipyard. Custom Contracts will also allow those of you who like to deal in…
nickitynacksMichi (molp) There is a good chance you experienced the extended downtime we had earlier in the week. It kept me busy for quite a while, fixing all the issues and bugs that came with it. If you want to know more about it, I wrote a short…
nickitynacksCheck out the patch notes on what has been updated in the game below: This is not only a re-write, but also a re-design with a focus on new players' perspective. Similar to an RPG where you select your class first, players see the Company…
Patch notesThis week is all about custom private contracts, which just jumped forward on the feature list. Fabian (Counterpoint) One of the results of our recent team meeting was that we bumped the topic of custom private contracts up on our priority…
nickitynacksWe are thrilled to announce that Prosperous Universe has officially launched on Steam today, April 20, 2022. Welcome to APEX! WHAT IS PROSPEROUS UNIVERSE? Prosperous Universe is a space economy MMO built around a strong online community…
nickitynacksWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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