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Endless Sky

Michael Zahniser · 2015-10-30

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 30, 2015 (Linux), Oct 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 30, 2015 (Mac)

Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

Endless Sky is a free-to-play Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG title released in 2015, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 7,099 reviews).

113
playing now
92%
positive of 7.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (4.0k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

113 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Endless Sky is a space trading and combat simulation video game, created by Michael Zahniser and first released in June 2015. In Endless Sky, the player starts out as a spaceship captain and can trade, transport passengers or fight pirates to earn money. There are also a few story lines that the player can choose to participate in. The game is similar to games in the Escape Velocity series.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 113 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 286 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,108 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13313320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

159662026-09-16 04:00 — 73 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 68 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 100 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 107 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 66 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 120 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 114 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 75 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 110 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 132 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 92 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 106 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 133 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 108 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 128 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 142 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 94 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 85 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 137 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 123 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 77 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 132 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 113 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
82859Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 828 · peak 2,950Mar 2016 — avg 137 · peak 238Jul 2016 — avg 140 · peak 331Nov 2016 — avg 152 · peak 272Mar 2017 — avg 144 · peak 279Jul 2017 — avg 130 · peak 255Nov 2017 — avg 135 · peak 250Mar 2018 — avg 98 · peak 184Jul 2018 — avg 96 · peak 159Nov 2018 — avg 72 · peak 128Mar 2019 — avg 67 · peak 121Jul 2019 — avg 92 · peak 238Nov 2019 — avg 130 · peak 219Mar 2020 — avg 152 · peak 252Jul 2020 — avg 108 · peak 166Nov 2020 — avg 89 · peak 159Mar 2021 — avg 77 · peak 130Jul 2021 — avg 81 · peak 135Nov 2021 — avg 75 · peak 118Mar 2022 — avg 64 · peak 102Jul 2022 — avg 71 · peak 210Nov 2022 — avg 133 · peak 254Mar 2023 — avg 100 · peak 193Jul 2023 — avg 108 · peak 184Nov 2023 — avg 122 · peak 188Mar 2024 — avg 104 · peak 177Jul 2024 — avg 90 · peak 149Nov 2024 — avg 104 · peak 179Mar 2025 — avg 117 · peak 211Jul 2025 — avg 104 · peak 163Nov 2025 — avg 125 · peak 212Mar 2026 — avg 84 · peak 145Jul 2026 — avg 110 · peak 168Aug 2026 — avg 93 · peak 150
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-30 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceActionSci-fiSandboxTradingAdventureSpace Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

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