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ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2016-04-19

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Franchise: Galaxian · Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Apr 20, 2016 (Xbox One)

First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!

6
playing now
91%
positive of 950 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-29 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Galaga is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released by Midway Manufacturing in North America. It is the sequel to 1979's Galaxian, and the second game in the Galaxian series. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies and projectiles. "Boss Galaga" enemies can capture a player's ship via a tractor beam, which can be rescued by another ship to give the player a "dual fighter" with additional firepower.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 950 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1142026-08-11 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.992016-04-202026-08-302016-04-20 — best price $3.992017-01-30 — best price $3.992017-09-14 — best price $0.992017-11-22 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $3.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992019-01-28 — best price $3.992019-04-30 — best price $1.992019-06-17 — best price $3.992019-09-09 — best price $3.992019-11-25 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-01-25 — best price $1.992020-05-06 — best price $3.992020-09-24 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-05-06 — best price $3.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-09-05 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $3.992023-01-23 — best price $0.992023-04-03 — best price $3.992023-07-24 — best price $1.992023-11-20 — best price $3.992024-03-07 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-10-21 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-04-24 — best price $1.992025-07-21 — best price $3.992026-02-12 — best price $1.992026-05-21 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5972242026-06-01 — 318 pageviews2026-06-04 — 271 pageviews2026-06-07 — 311 pageviews2026-06-10 — 279 pageviews2026-06-13 — 258 pageviews2026-06-16 — 313 pageviews2026-06-19 — 269 pageviews2026-06-22 — 597 pageviews2026-06-25 — 268 pageviews2026-06-28 — 309 pageviews2026-07-01 — 227 pageviews2026-07-04 — 241 pageviews2026-07-07 — 246 pageviews2026-07-10 — 286 pageviews2026-07-13 — 267 pageviews2026-07-16 — 254 pageviews2026-07-19 — 227 pageviews2026-07-22 — 259 pageviews2026-07-25 — 278 pageviews2026-07-28 — 302 pageviews2026-07-31 — 228 pageviews2026-08-03 — 268 pageviews2026-08-06 — 278 pageviews2026-08-09 — 274 pageviews2026-08-12 — 255 pageviews2026-08-15 — 266 pageviews2026-08-18 — 278 pageviews2026-08-21 — 256 pageviews2026-08-24 — 267 pageviews2026-08-27 — 286 pageviews2026-08-29 — 237 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
58.7%
earned "Scorpion"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)13,69828%21
Xbox One (Xbox)8,5568%20
Steam (Steam)3,1786%20

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

Player tags

2D1980sRetroSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiClassicShooterShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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