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Aces of the Galaxy™ cover art

Aces of the Galaxy™

Artech Studios · Activision · 2009-07-23

SteamXbox

ActionCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 04, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 04, 2008 (Xbox 360)

3, 2, 1 Blast-Off! Launch yourself into the intense space-shooter Aces of the Galaxy™ — A non-stop, old-school arcade thrill-ride for the 21st century and beyond. Utilize an impressive arsenal of upgradeable weapons including high powered missile launchers, devastating torpedoes and the ever-reliant chain gun to annihilate the ships of...

56%
positive of 54 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
59/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.29
steam price (US)
Aces of the Galaxy is a 2008 rail shooter video game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published by Sierra Online. It was released for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The player controls a pilot who steals an alien spacecraft, and engages in space battles. Each level follows a predetermined path, and the player can use a chain gun, cluster missiles, and torpedoes to attack enemies. In order to complete the game, the player must complete nine consecutive levels, and if they die at any point, they must restart from the first level.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 23,932 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.29-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320132026Week of 2014-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-012015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-12-15 — best price $9.992016-04-18 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-05-22 — best price $4.992017-09-11 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $6.992018-03-01 — best price $2.492018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-04-01 — best price $2.492019-08-12 — best price $2.492019-11-07 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-09 — best price $9.992020-10-05 — best price $9.992021-01-18 — best price $9.992021-04-30 — best price $3.292021-10-11 — best price $3.292022-01-27 — best price $3.292022-08-25 — best price $3.292022-12-22 — best price $3.292023-06-30 — best price $3.292023-12-21 — best price $3.292024-06-01 — best price $3.292024-11-27 — best price $3.292025-04-14 — best price $3.292025-09-29 — best price $3.292026-03-19 — best price $3.292026-10-01 — best price $3.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

SpaceActionArcadeCasualOn-Rails Shooter

Census log

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