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AI War: Fleet Command cover art

AI War: Fleet Command

Arcen Games · 2009-10-21

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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...

2
playing now
82%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 19% of 18,004 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,613 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
GOG$9.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

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 49 of 78 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

712026-08-06 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2532026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 13 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 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

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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