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Battlezone 98 Redux

Big Boat Interactive · Rebellion · 2016-04-18

SteamGOG

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Apr 18, 2016 (Mac), Apr 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop. Experience thrilling first person action and acclaimed RTS in this explosive alternate vision of the 1960s space race.

Battlezone 98 Redux is a 2016 Action and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1143 reviews).

6
playing now
91%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,143 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-90%
GOG$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at Fanatical (2026-08-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 53 of 96 observed days · $1.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2442026-09-16 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
592Feb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2016 — avg 19 · peak 51Oct 2016 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 32Jun 2017 — avg 13 · peak 53Oct 2017 — avg 10 · peak 26Feb 2018 — avg 19 · peak 72Jun 2018 — avg 10 · peak 31Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 24Feb 2019 — avg 11 · peak 31Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 22Oct 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21Feb 2020 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 35Oct 2020 — avg 13 · peak 29Feb 2021 — avg 16 · peak 41Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 28Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 34Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 28Jun 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 29Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 30Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 36Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 26Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 26Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.582016-04-182026-10-152016-04-18 — best price $15.992016-11-24 — best price $9.992017-08-07 — best price $19.992018-01-01 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-04-11 — best price $4.992019-10-30 — best price $5.992020-01-24 — best price $5.992020-05-25 — best price $14.692020-08-04 — best price $19.992020-09-07 — best price $19.992020-10-07 — best price $19.992020-11-06 — best price $19.992020-12-10 — best price $16.882021-01-29 — best price $16.882021-03-04 — best price $19.992021-04-14 — best price $16.882021-05-18 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-03-24 — best price $16.882022-07-09 — best price $19.992022-11-14 — best price $3.752023-01-07 — best price $15.892023-04-19 — best price $15.892023-07-25 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $3.742024-02-23 — best price $19.992024-05-21 — best price $15.892024-10-30 — best price $2.552025-03-16 — best price $15.892025-07-25 — best price $1.582025-12-11 — best price $1.592026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
44.4%
earned "Combat Exercises"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-07-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3684%50

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

Player tags

FPSRTSRetroSpaceTanks1990'sActionRemakeSci-fiClassic

Census log

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

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