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Three Phase Interactive Pty Ltd · 2016-07-28

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 28, 2016 (Mac), Jul 28, 2016 (Linux), Jul 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Create the most powerful ship in the galaxy piece by piece, take it into battle and then lose your ship to a traitorous crew in an endless cycle of punishment and revenge.

74%
positive of 57 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 24,863 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2018-12-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152025Week of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 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 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.992015-12-022018-12-172015-12-02 — best price $14.992016-03-09 — best price $14.992016-03-14 — best price $13.492016-03-21 — best price $14.992016-06-23 — best price $13.492016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-09-08 — best price $13.492016-09-22 — best price $14.992016-11-01 — best price $11.992016-11-07 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $11.242016-11-26 — best price $11.242016-11-29 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $10.042017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-01-12 — best price $10.042017-01-26 — best price $14.992017-05-11 — best price $10.492017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-07-05 — best price $14.992018-12-17 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionSci-fiStrategy

Census log

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

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