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Anstorm cover art

Anstorm

Shiv · 2018-11-16

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Simple and gripping gameplay most commonly as a classical arcade shooter. The game consists of short levels which is perfect for short breaks to relax.

Anstorm is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, estimated to have 20,000 to 50,000 owners, priced at $1.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 74 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 74 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

"Anstorm", a research ship on the mission outside the explored part of the galaxy, discovered a wormhole with an artificial planet inside of it. Your new mission is to make a landing on it, and find out its origin and history.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at Steam (2023-05-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320182026Week of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.372018-11-172026-07-202018-11-17 — best price $0.842019-01-21 — best price $0.492019-04-01 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-09-09 — best price $1.992019-12-09 — best price $0.492020-02-03 — best price $1.992020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-09-07 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-03-22 — best price $0.492021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-18 — best price $0.492021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-04-04 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-08-22 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $0.492023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-05-22 — best price $1.992023-09-18 — best price $0.692023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-01-22 — best price $0.552024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.552024-09-02 — best price $1.992024-12-09 — best price $0.552025-01-27 — best price $1.992025-04-14 — best price $0.552025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.552026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-30 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-20 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
50.7%
earned "BOSS 1"
28.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

2DIndieActionArcadeSci-fiShooterHand-drawnSingleplayerTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.