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Distant Space

PixelMouse · 2016-12-20

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.

Distant Space is a 2016 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $0.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 3483 reviews).

17
playing now
82%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 87k–209k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,483 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720172026Week of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16842026-09-15 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 168 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 65 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k0Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 44 · peak 718Mar 2017 — avg 97 · peak 799Jun 2017 — avg 4 · peak 22Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 43Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 139Mar 2018 — avg 58 · peak 1,148Jun 2018 — avg 4 · peak 131Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 401Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 21Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 15Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 29Jun 2021 — avg 63 · peak 951Sep 2021 — avg 24 · peak 892Dec 2021 — avg 86 · peak 1,625Mar 2022 — avg 8 · peak 124Jun 2022 — avg 38 · peak 1,082Sep 2022 — avg 36 · peak 813Dec 2022 — avg 361 · peak 7,042Mar 2023 — avg 389 · peak 3,175Jun 2023 — avg 184 · peak 2,695Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 139 · peak 5,947Mar 2024 — avg 35 · peak 713Jun 2024 — avg 162 · peak 3,515Sep 2024 — avg 31 · peak 947Dec 2024 — avg 33 · peak 551Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 100Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 499Sep 2025 — avg 96 · peak 2,407Dec 2025 — avg 78 · peak 3,106Mar 2026 — avg 86 · peak 1,967Jun 2026 — avg 92 · peak 1,529Aug 2026 — avg 629 · peak 1,972
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.002016-12-212026-08-022016-12-21 — best price $0.782017-03-23 — best price $2.992017-08-13 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-08-17 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-04-10 — best price $0.492020-08-22 — best price $0.492020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-03-01 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-06-07 — best price $0.992022-09-07 — best price $0.992022-12-15 — best price $0.992023-03-13 — best price $0.992023-06-09 — best price $0.992023-11-13 — best price $0.992024-02-03 — best price $0.992024-04-26 — best price $0.992024-08-24 — best price $0.492024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-05-04 — best price $0.492025-09-08 — best price $0.492025-11-15 — best price $0.992026-03-06 — best price $0.992026-06-04 — best price $0.992026-08-02 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
12.1%
earned "Level 1 completed"
8.5%
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)3,24663%44

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

2D1980sIndieRetroSpaceActionArcadeCasualShooterAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.