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Battlecruisers

Mecha Weka · 2021-02-04

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 04, 2021 (iOS), Feb 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 27, 2021 (Android)

A visually stunning RTS where players battle to build the ultimate automated floating Ultraweapon. Outsmart players or AIs by building a strategically superior Battlecruiser. Step aboard for unique, hand-drawn misadventure on Flooded Earth, explosive gameplay, and an addictive soundtrack. And nukes.

Battlecruisers is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 432 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 432 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (90 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.6k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 432 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2025-08-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420212026Week of 2021-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.392021-02-042026-07-092021-02-04 — best price $4.792021-06-24 — best price $4.492021-09-20 — best price $4.372021-10-28 — best price $4.192021-11-24 — best price $4.192021-12-22 — best price $4.012022-03-29 — best price $4.492022-04-27 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-08-25 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-12 — best price $2.992023-06-30 — best price $2.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992023-12-04 — best price $2.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-01-22 — best price $2.992024-03-04 — best price $3.592024-09-04 — best price $3.292024-10-14 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $2.992025-01-20 — best price $2.992025-03-12 — best price $2.992025-08-20 — best price $2.392025-09-23 — best price $2.992025-11-17 — best price $9.992026-02-27 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam CloudHDR availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-03-11 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRTSCasualRobotsBuildingStrategyStylizedTacticalHand-drawnMinimalist

Census log

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

Recent updates

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