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Deep Sky Derelicts

Snowhound Games · Fulqrum Publishing · 2018-09-26

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 26, 2018 (Linux), Sep 26, 2018 (Mac), Sep 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Deep Sky Derelicts is a 2018 Indie, RPG and Strategy game, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 2885 reviews) and costs $19.99.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

10
playing now
74%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Deep Sky Derelicts is a dungeon crawl video game developed by Snowhound Games and published by Fulqrum Publishing. It combines elements of traditional role-playing video games and roguelike deck-building games. Players create a custom crew, who explore and scavenge derelict space ships. It was first released in 2018 and was ported to consoles in 2020.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 72k–173k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,885 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
Humble Store$2.99-85%
Steam$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
GreenManGaming$3.00-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at MacGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 176 of 222 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 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

1712026-09-15 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1420Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 48Mar 2018 — avg 20 · peak 53Jun 2018 — avg 17 · peak 66Sep 2018 — avg 45 · peak 395Dec 2018 — avg 40 · peak 237Mar 2019 — avg 18 · peak 42Jun 2019 — avg 70 · peak 192Sep 2019 — avg 142 · peak 403Dec 2019 — avg 101 · peak 270Mar 2020 — avg 96 · peak 653Jun 2020 — avg 42 · peak 103Sep 2020 — avg 56 · peak 162Dec 2020 — avg 41 · peak 112Mar 2021 — avg 19 · peak 44Jun 2021 — avg 35 · peak 96Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 30Dec 2021 — avg 24 · peak 65Mar 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2022 — avg 16 · peak 46Sep 2022 — avg 13 · peak 34Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 44Mar 2023 — avg 18 · peak 67Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 24Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 40Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 36Sep 2024 — avg 20 · peak 60Dec 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 35Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.46$1.492017-11-152026-10-142017-11-15 — best price $15.992018-11-06 — best price $17.992019-01-31 — best price $19.992019-05-09 — best price $15.992019-08-19 — best price $19.992019-11-22 — best price $6.792020-01-24 — best price $6.792020-04-08 — best price $6.792020-07-16 — best price $5.442020-10-03 — best price $5.712020-12-17 — best price $4.992021-02-26 — best price $4.232021-05-22 — best price $16.992021-08-13 — best price $4.452021-10-25 — best price $4.992022-01-17 — best price $16.992022-04-09 — best price $19.992022-07-08 — best price $17.992022-10-03 — best price $2.542023-01-07 — best price $19.992023-04-13 — best price $2.542023-07-18 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $2.992024-01-18 — best price $2.992024-04-29 — best price $14.442024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-11-02 — best price $19.992025-01-18 — best price $19.992025-04-29 — best price $2.992025-07-25 — best price $2.342025-10-26 — best price $19.992026-01-08 — best price $2.992026-04-01 — best price $3.002026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-08-19 — best price $2.992026-09-28 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-01 — 12 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-30 — 10 pageviews2026-09-03 — 11 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 7 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1 pageviews2026-09-27 — 6 pageviews2026-10-01 — 10 pageviews2026-10-05 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
58.8%
earned "Flawless Victory"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-05-30, latest 2019-12-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,0551%68
PS4 (PlayStation)58311%38

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyCard GameComic BookRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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