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Advent Rising

GlyphX Games · Ziggurat · 2006-09-14

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 31, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2005 (Xbox)

A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins...

Advent Rising is a 2006 Action game priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 591 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 591 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (13 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Advent Rising is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco. The game was released on May 31, 2005, for Xbox and on August 9, 2005, for Microsoft Windows. Its story was created by The Mustard Brothers and featured a script written by science fiction writers Orson Scott Card and Cameron Dayton; the lead sound design was done by Joey Kuras working under Tommy Tallarico Studios.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 591 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
Humble Store$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-06-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 99 of 141 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
130Jul 2012May 2024Jul 2012 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2012 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2013 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2015 — avg 6 · peak 43Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2016 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 39

▼ −4 avg players (−67.0%) vs prior month — May 2024

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

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-11-14 — best price $1.192016-04-29 — best price $9.992016-12-20 — best price $0.992018-01-30 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $1.492020-09-18 — best price $5.992021-01-30 — best price $8.892021-03-07 — best price $9.992021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-06-09 — best price $6.492021-09-02 — best price $9.992021-11-17 — best price $8.892022-01-23 — best price $9.992022-04-12 — best price $9.992022-07-12 — best price $6.492022-11-13 — best price $7.342023-02-15 — best price $7.342023-05-13 — best price $9.992023-08-06 — best price $7.892023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-02-08 — best price $6.492024-04-10 — best price $6.492024-07-30 — best price $9.992024-10-09 — best price $7.892024-12-06 — best price $8.992025-03-08 — best price $9.992025-06-18 — best price $2.992025-08-08 — best price $2.992025-09-27 — best price $3.272025-11-25 — best price $2.492026-02-02 — best price $9.992026-04-17 — best price $2.492026-06-12 — best price $2.492026-08-20 — best price $2.502026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-10-04 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

160452026-05-31 — 67 pageviews2026-06-04 — 53 pageviews2026-06-08 — 84 pageviews2026-06-12 — 54 pageviews2026-06-16 — 77 pageviews2026-06-20 — 54 pageviews2026-06-24 — 55 pageviews2026-06-28 — 80 pageviews2026-07-02 — 71 pageviews2026-07-06 — 159 pageviews2026-07-10 — 82 pageviews2026-07-14 — 58 pageviews2026-07-18 — 77 pageviews2026-07-22 — 88 pageviews2026-07-26 — 83 pageviews2026-07-30 — 72 pageviews2026-08-03 — 75 pageviews2026-08-07 — 58 pageviews2026-08-11 — 89 pageviews2026-08-15 — 80 pageviews2026-08-19 — 100 pageviews2026-08-23 — 82 pageviews2026-08-27 — 76 pageviews2026-08-31 — 68 pageviews2026-09-04 — 48 pageviews2026-09-08 — 58 pageviews2026-09-12 — 69 pageviews2026-09-16 — 84 pageviews2026-09-20 — 78 pageviews2026-09-24 — 96 pageviews2026-09-28 — 80 pageviews2026-10-02 — 69 pageviews2026-10-06 — 51 pageviews2026-10-10 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-03-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

SpaceActionSci-fiClassicStory RichSingleplayerThird PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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