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Caelus Trident

Fractured Rogue Studios LLC · 2019-04-17

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Caelus Trident is the debut game from Fractured Rogue Studios LLC. Paying homage to the classic arcade shooters, you take on the role of the last ship of your armada trying to survive wave after wave of addictive space combat action.

Caelus Trident is an Action and Indie game released in 2019, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 to 50,000 and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (32% of 199 reviews).

3
playing now
32%
positive of 197 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (74 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.50 at Steam (2020-04-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020192026Week of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.002019-04-182020-06-052019-04-18 — best price $1.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-07-10 — best price $1.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $1.992019-12-20 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-01-27 — best price $1.992020-04-03 — best price $0.002020-04-06 — best price $0.502020-04-27 — best price $0.992020-06-05 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeFree to Play

Census log

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

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