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Distant Worlds 2

CodeForce · Slitherine Ltd. · 2022-03-10

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.

87
playing now
71%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

87 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Distant Worlds 2 is a 4X video game developed by Code Force and published by Slitherine Software. It was released for Windows on March 10, 2022 and is the sequel to the 2010 video game Distant Worlds.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 87 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,276 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 6,676 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,548 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.49-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.26 at GameBillet (2025-12-13) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 111 of 166 observed days · $5.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
82882820222026Week of 2022-03-01: 828 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 448 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

156512026-08-11 19:00 — 134 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 68 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 77 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 110 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 70 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 92 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 139 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 95 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 92 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 98 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 56 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 85 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 97 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 56 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 86 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 103 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 81 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 129 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 156 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 58 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 113 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 67 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 51 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 80 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 68 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 122 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 87 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$9.342022-02-012026-08-302022-02-01 — best price $44.992022-04-21 — best price $35.282022-10-18 — best price $49.992023-01-03 — best price $49.992023-03-24 — best price $37.922023-05-14 — best price $42.442023-07-14 — best price $39.742023-08-28 — best price $34.742023-11-06 — best price $28.492023-12-22 — best price $32.492024-02-20 — best price $34.992024-04-15 — best price $37.492024-06-01 — best price $47.492024-07-19 — best price $41.992024-08-21 — best price $25.202024-09-26 — best price $49.992024-11-05 — best price $41.492024-12-05 — best price $21.042024-12-31 — best price $13.352025-01-27 — best price $25.002025-03-17 — best price $20.002025-04-22 — best price $20.502025-05-30 — best price $49.992025-07-14 — best price $13.942025-09-22 — best price $49.992025-11-09 — best price $49.992025-12-12 — best price $12.352026-01-29 — best price $24.992026-03-11 — best price $17.492026-04-22 — best price $49.992026-06-01 — best price $17.492026-07-14 — best price $49.992026-08-29 — best price $17.492026-08-30 — best price $17.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3042026-05-18 — 17 pageviews2026-05-21 — 18 pageviews2026-05-24 — 18 pageviews2026-05-27 — 15 pageviews2026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-02 — 17 pageviews2026-06-05 — 17 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-11 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 19 pageviews2026-06-26 — 13 pageviews2026-06-29 — 16 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-05 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 18 pageviews2026-07-29 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 22 pageviews2026-08-04 — 15 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing5 DLC

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3D4XRTSSpaceCombatSci-fiEconomyStrategySimulationEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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