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A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda cover art

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda

Extend Studio · 2011-01-19

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 02, 2013 (Xbox 360), Dec 14, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 20, 2011 (Linux)

You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda is an Action and Indie game released in 2011, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 912 reviews).

1
playing now
70%
positive of 912 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
46/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda is a side-scrolling platform shooter for Windows. It was developed by Thai independent developer Extend Studio. An updated version called Extinction Agenda EX was released for Xbox Live Arcade on October 2, 2013, and for Windows via Steam on October 3, 2014.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (24 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 36k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 912 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2015-11-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620152026Week of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
420Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2013 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2013 — avg 23 · peak 80Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 70Jan 2014 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 7Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 52Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 497Oct 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-012025-04-082015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $0.992015-10-29 — best price $1.992015-11-26 — best price $0.492015-12-22 — best price $1.992016-02-05 — best price $1.992016-03-17 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-10-28 — best price $0.992016-11-23 — best price $0.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-06-22 — best price $1.492018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-10-08 — best price $0.992018-10-29 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-07-01 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-04-09 — best price $4.992020-05-25 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992024-04-09 — best price $4.992025-04-08 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1732026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 17 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-17 — 11 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 12 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-17 — 9 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 10 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
48.5%
earned "Where is the Emergency?"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2011-07-22, latest 2012-01-03 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieShortSpaceActionArcadeRobotsSci-fiShooterPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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