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Astra Protocol 2

Slice Bar Games · 2022-12-01

Steam

ActionAdventureSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Monitors have received notification of an unknown event, referred to as ASTRA PROTOCOL. You have been designated search and reconnaissance to determine the meaning of this ASTRA PROTOCOL. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: Find evidence of survivors. PROBABILITY OF HOSTILES: HIGH.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 37 reviews
Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.53
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Monitors have received notification of an unknown event, referred to as Astra Protocol. You have been designated search and reconnaissance to determine the meaning of this Astra Protocol. Secondary Objective: Find evidence of survivors. Probability of hostiles: High(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 82% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.53-78%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.53 at Steam (2026-08-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520222026Week of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.532022-12-012026-08-172022-12-01 — best price $5.942023-03-16 — best price $5.942023-04-26 — best price $5.942023-06-29 — best price $5.592023-09-02 — best price $5.592023-11-21 — best price $5.592023-12-21 — best price $5.242024-03-14 — best price $5.242024-05-13 — best price $4.892024-06-27 — best price $4.892024-09-02 — best price $4.542024-11-27 — best price $3.492024-12-20 — best price $3.492025-02-10 — best price $3.142025-03-13 — best price $2.792025-04-26 — best price $2.792025-05-27 — best price $2.652025-06-27 — best price $2.442025-08-22 — best price $3.492025-09-29 — best price $2.092025-12-18 — best price $1.742026-02-05 — best price $1.742026-03-19 — best price $1.742026-04-25 — best price $2.092026-06-25 — best price $1.742026-08-17 — best price $1.53
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
3.6%
earned "Getting it out of the Way"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Player tags

2D1980sRetroSpaceSci-fiTypingStylizedSurvivalSpace SimOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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