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Ancient Space

CreativeForge Games · Paradox Interactive · 2014-09-23

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 23, 2014 (Mac), Sep 23, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Ancient Space is a 2014 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (44% of 370 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
44%
positive of 374 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 374 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Imperial Games (2016-10-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120142026Week of 2014-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.96$3.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $11.952015-03-24 — best price $13.322015-05-26 — best price $18.472015-09-28 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $3.992016-04-04 — best price $4.252016-08-08 — best price $17.642017-02-26 — best price $19.992017-07-17 — best price $19.992017-11-30 — best price $19.992018-03-14 — best price $4.992018-07-16 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $4.492019-01-24 — best price $4.992019-04-23 — best price $19.992019-08-05 — best price $4.542019-10-28 — best price $4.992020-01-01 — best price $17.992020-02-14 — best price $19.502020-04-24 — best price $18.392020-07-03 — best price $3.592020-08-31 — best price $19.992020-10-21 — best price $19.992020-12-10 — best price $16.882021-02-12 — best price $16.792021-04-07 — best price $19.992021-06-05 — best price $16.882021-10-26 — best price $16.882022-01-23 — best price $19.992022-04-24 — best price $17.632022-07-30 — best price $17.482022-11-15 — best price $17.992023-03-22 — best price $17.992023-10-18 — best price $19.992024-04-14 — best price $16.992024-09-09 — best price $17.992025-01-15 — best price $18.642026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
46.1%
earned "Safe from Harm"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6632%30

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

Player tags

RTSIndieSpaceActionSci-fiBuildingStrategyAdventureReal-TimeRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.