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Distant Space 2 cover art

Distant Space 2

PixelMouse · 2017-11-02

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Distant Space 2 - is an indirect continuation of the first part, in which you will find more dynamic gameplay. Your task is to destroy enemy ships on each level to go to the next of 26 available. In addition to conventional ships, you will have to wait for the boss ships, the battle with which will not be easy.

Distant Space 2 is a 2017 Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie title priced at $0.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1635 reviews).

1
playing now
81%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 88 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 167% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,635 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
480Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 36Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 31Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2026 — avg 45 · peak 377May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 56Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 97
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.99$0.002017-11-042026-08-042017-11-04 — best price $0.792018-01-19 — best price $0.992018-05-25 — best price $0.492018-10-27 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-02-11 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-09-26 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-27 — best price $0.992020-06-05 — best price $0.492020-09-05 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-06-11 — best price $0.492021-08-19 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-04-12 — best price $0.492022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-10-05 — best price $0.492022-12-15 — best price $0.992023-02-27 — best price $0.282023-04-26 — best price $0.992023-09-25 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-03-04 — best price $0.492024-04-26 — best price $0.992024-08-24 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-05-03 — best price $0.492025-08-09 — best price $0.992025-10-22 — best price $0.492026-01-31 — best price $0.992026-05-04 — best price $0.992026-07-21 — best price $0.492026-08-04 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Play"
78.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,01564%150

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualSportsShooterAdventureMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.