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Control Craft 2 cover art

Control Craft 2

Cristian Manolachi · Conglomerate 5 · 2016-02-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 15, 2016 (Mac)

Control Craft 2 is a real time strategy game where you will have to act quickly against attackers who want to invade our planet! Wave after wave, your soldiers will overthrow the enemy colonies and will occupy enemy bases one after another.

Control Craft 2 is an Action, Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 470 reviews).

2
playing now
76%
positive of 470 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 470 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2022-12-01) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120162026Week of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12602026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 35 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 42 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 61 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 40 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
710Feb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 2 · peak 18May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 27Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 32Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 13May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 26May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 10Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 17Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 146Jul 2021 — avg 8 · peak 43Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 14 · peak 189May 2022 — avg 19 · peak 409Aug 2022 — avg 31 · peak 503Nov 2022 — avg 15 · peak 480Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 853May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 256Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 45Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 131Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 206Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 204Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 121May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 74Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 44Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 263May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 299
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.392016-02-152026-07-272016-02-15 — best price $2.692016-05-16 — best price $2.992016-09-12 — best price $0.892016-11-21 — best price $2.992017-01-30 — best price $0.592017-06-19 — best price $2.992017-11-06 — best price $0.892018-02-19 — best price $2.992019-02-04 — best price $0.742019-11-01 — best price $2.992020-03-02 — best price $0.892020-06-15 — best price $0.492020-10-29 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-05-11 — best price $0.492021-09-17 — best price $1.992021-12-23 — best price $0.492022-03-05 — best price $0.992022-06-09 — best price $4.992022-09-15 — best price $0.492022-12-01 — best price $0.392023-03-01 — best price $3.992023-05-20 — best price $0.392023-09-19 — best price $0.992023-12-11 — best price $0.492024-02-05 — best price $0.992024-05-13 — best price $0.492024-07-22 — best price $0.992024-11-18 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-05-19 — best price $0.992025-08-25 — best price $0.492025-12-08 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-07-13 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
4.8%
earned "Die Hard"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Korean, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25174%6

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

Player tags

2DRTSFunnyShooterWargameStrategyDifficultBeat 'em upCollectathonMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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