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Carrier Command: Gaea Mission cover art

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Bohemia Interactive · 2012-09-28

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 28, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2012 (Xbox 360)

A next-gen re-imagination of a groundbreaking 80s classic. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission brings a breathtaking combination of action and strategy elements.

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is a 2012 Action, Strategy game priced at $6.59, with a Mixed sentiment from 48% of 1185 reviews and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

4
playing now
48%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$6.59
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is a real-time strategy action game by Bohemia Interactive, a remake of the original 1988 Carrier Command.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 47k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,185 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.29 at Steam (2014-02-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $32.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1933Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 193 · peak 912Mar 2013 — avg 22 · peak 49Aug 2013 — avg 23 · peak 79Jan 2014 — avg 63 · peak 311Jun 2014 — avg 20 · peak 60Nov 2014 — avg 15 · peak 47Apr 2015 — avg 9 · peak 35Sep 2015 — avg 11 · peak 31Feb 2016 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2016 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2016 — avg 7 · peak 26May 2017 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2017 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2018 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2020 — avg 11 · peak 55Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$32.99$6.592015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $6.592015-06-22 — best price $32.992015-12-22 — best price $6.592016-05-16 — best price $32.992016-12-22 — best price $6.592017-06-29 — best price $6.602017-09-30 — best price $32.992017-12-11 — best price $32.992018-03-20 — best price $6.602018-04-30 — best price $32.992018-10-29 — best price $6.602018-11-27 — best price $32.992019-02-04 — best price $6.592019-05-21 — best price $32.992019-07-22 — best price $32.992019-10-21 — best price $32.992019-11-12 — best price $32.992020-01-02 — best price $32.992020-07-09 — best price $32.992020-11-25 — best price $6.592021-02-15 — best price $32.992021-11-15 — best price $6.592022-02-03 — best price $32.992022-10-25 — best price $6.592023-01-05 — best price $32.992023-06-29 — best price $6.592023-11-20 — best price $32.992024-01-22 — best price $6.592024-04-22 — best price $32.992024-09-12 — best price $6.592024-12-04 — best price $32.992025-03-03 — best price $6.592025-05-09 — best price $32.992025-07-26 — best price $6.592025-10-06 — best price $32.992025-12-18 — best price $6.592026-03-11 — best price $32.992026-06-18 — best price $6.592026-08-26 — best price $6.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2732026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 16 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 15 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 16 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 18 pageviews2026-10-09 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
61%
earned "Captain"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportStatsFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4102%45
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3720%45
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2390%45

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

Player tags

FPSRTSNavalActionRemakeSci-fiStrategyTacticalOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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