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Earthion cover art

Earthion

Ancient Corporation · Limited Run Games, Inc. · 2025-07-31

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 31, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2026 (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis), Jul 31, 2025 (Arcade), Sep 18, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 18, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Sep 18, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.

95%
positive of 502 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
4.79★
PlayStation Store rating (262 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (244 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 13,396 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 502 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23423420252026Week of 2025-07-31: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992025-07-312026-07-202025-07-31 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-10-13 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $14.992025-11-24 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-01-12 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $13.992026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-03-30 — best price $11.992026-04-06 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $11.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-13 — best price $9.992026-07-20 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
86.6%
earned "Stage 1"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam Cloud

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5372%26
PS5 (PlayStation)35811%27
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3101%26
PS4 (PlayStation)5912%27
Switch (Nintendo)390%0
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Census log

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

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