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AI War: Fleet Command

Arcen Games · 2009-10-21

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 14, 2010 (Mac), Aug 18, 2014 (Linux), May 14, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

AI War: Fleet Command is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1611 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

AI War: Fleet Command is a real time strategy video game created by independent developer Arcen Games. The game was first released on the Arcen Games website and Impulse on June 2, 2009, before getting a Steam release on October 16, 2009, that coincided with the release of version 2.0. AI War blends the 4X, tower defense, and traditional RTS genre to create something that was hailed as unique but with a steep learning curve. Players go up against two artificial intelligence (AI) opponents that are superior to the player. The objective is to destroy the home planets of both AI opponents.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 64k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,611 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.49-75%
Steam$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-10-25) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 69 of 115 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720172026Week of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4102026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 41 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1832Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 18 · peak 46Dec 2012 — avg 29 · peak 70May 2013 — avg 23 · peak 50Oct 2013 — avg 34 · peak 118Mar 2014 — avg 22 · peak 49Aug 2014 — avg 52 · peak 158Jan 2015 — avg 40 · peak 100Jun 2015 — avg 39 · peak 124Nov 2015 — avg 25 · peak 99Apr 2016 — avg 26 · peak 67Sep 2016 — avg 19 · peak 53Feb 2017 — avg 28 · peak 67Jul 2017 — avg 23 · peak 57Dec 2017 — avg 15 · peak 35May 2018 — avg 183 · peak 1,881Oct 2018 — avg 28 · peak 286Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 25Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 38Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 28Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 24Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 30Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.002015-08-04 — best price $1.492016-03-15 — best price $9.992016-08-05 — best price $8.992016-12-22 — best price $2.292017-07-31 — best price $9.992018-04-13 — best price $1.492018-11-21 — best price $2.492019-08-12 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-05-27 — best price $2.492020-07-24 — best price $8.892020-09-21 — best price $2.492020-11-01 — best price $8.892020-12-16 — best price $2.492021-02-18 — best price $9.992021-04-14 — best price $9.992021-05-29 — best price $9.992021-07-26 — best price $1.002021-11-15 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-08-26 — best price $2.002023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-01 — best price $9.992023-09-05 — best price $9.992023-11-20 — best price $2.492024-02-15 — best price $2.492024-04-23 — best price $1.492024-07-31 — best price $9.992024-10-12 — best price $7.342025-01-13 — best price $7.892025-03-24 — best price $2.492025-06-13 — best price $7.342025-10-09 — best price $2.492026-03-15 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $2.492026-09-29 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2532026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 4 pageviews2026-09-04 — 3 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 12 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-09 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
19.4%
earned "1. Rainy Day Savings: 50,000 Energy"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing6 DLC

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2010-01-13, latest 2014-08-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4202%322

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

4XRTSCo-opIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyTacticalDifficultSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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