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ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

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

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Action

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!

ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA is a $3.99 Action game released in 2016, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 955 reviews).

4
playing now
91%
positive of 955 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (1,783 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,913 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 955 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 5 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1232026-09-15 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
111Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 19Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2018 — avg 6 · peak 15Apr 2019 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2020 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 16Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 20Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.992016-04-202026-10-112016-04-20 — 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 $3.992026-09-13 — best price $3.992026-10-11 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4152272026-06-01 — 318 pageviews2026-06-05 — 246 pageviews2026-06-09 — 265 pageviews2026-06-13 — 258 pageviews2026-06-17 — 300 pageviews2026-06-21 — 235 pageviews2026-06-25 — 268 pageviews2026-06-29 — 322 pageviews2026-07-03 — 275 pageviews2026-07-07 — 246 pageviews2026-07-11 — 239 pageviews2026-07-15 — 415 pageviews2026-07-19 — 227 pageviews2026-07-23 — 277 pageviews2026-07-27 — 276 pageviews2026-07-31 — 228 pageviews2026-08-04 — 259 pageviews2026-08-08 — 285 pageviews2026-08-12 — 255 pageviews2026-08-16 — 258 pageviews2026-08-20 — 261 pageviews2026-08-24 — 267 pageviews2026-08-28 — 244 pageviews2026-09-01 — 289 pageviews2026-09-05 — 275 pageviews2026-09-09 — 326 pageviews2026-09-13 — 295 pageviews2026-09-17 — 294 pageviews2026-09-21 — 326 pageviews2026-09-25 — 296 pageviews2026-09-29 — 287 pageviews2026-10-03 — 306 pageviews2026-10-07 — 247 pageviews2026-10-10 — 256 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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