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Ancient Space

CreativeForge Games · Paradox Interactive · 2014-09-23

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
44%
positive of 370 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 49% of 5,933 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 370 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

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 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.96$3.592015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — 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 $19.992026-08-17 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish

Player tags

RTSIndieSpaceActionSci-fiBuildingStrategyAdventureReal-TimeRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.