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ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

AMPLITUDE Studios · 2012-07-04

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 04, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.

49
playing now
81%
positive of 9.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

49 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Endless Space is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Amplitude Studios and originally published by Iceberg Interactive. It was released on 4 July 2012, for Microsoft Windows and 31 August for Mac OS X. In the game, the player takes charge of fictional Space Age civilizations, expanding their influence by colonization and conquest. Endless Space earned the Unity Golden Cube award in 2013. The game's sequel, Endless Space 2, was released in 2017.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 49 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 62 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 384k–768k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,599 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-05-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 29 of 74 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

575252026-08-06 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 51 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 44 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 563 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 56 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 72 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 36 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 49 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 70 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 45 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 51 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 60 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 47 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 44 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 57 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$1.002015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-12-01 — best price $29.992016-10-17 — best price $29.992017-08-30 — best price $19.992018-08-06 — best price $19.992019-05-28 — best price $9.992021-01-25 — best price $9.992021-08-18 — best price $9.532021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-03-01 — best price $9.632022-07-08 — best price $7.972022-11-23 — best price $8.022023-01-06 — best price $7.962023-04-19 — best price $7.962023-07-31 — best price $2.502023-09-28 — best price $8.792023-11-28 — best price $2.192024-01-18 — best price $1.992024-02-15 — best price $2.492024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-05-25 — best price $8.892024-07-16 — best price $9.192024-08-20 — best price $2.492024-10-08 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $2.202025-02-04 — best price $7.192025-03-17 — best price $9.992025-04-30 — best price $2.492025-07-03 — best price $7.192025-08-26 — best price $2.492025-10-16 — best price $2.352026-01-19 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-04-20 — best price $2.492026-05-12 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $2.492026-08-25 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

93162026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 38 pageviews2026-06-07 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 32 pageviews2026-06-13 — 20 pageviews2026-06-16 — 36 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-25 — 44 pageviews2026-06-28 — 30 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-13 — 34 pageviews2026-07-16 — 33 pageviews2026-07-19 — 24 pageviews2026-07-22 — 38 pageviews2026-07-25 — 20 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-31 — 28 pageviews2026-08-03 — 32 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-09 — 50 pageviews2026-08-12 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-18 — 28 pageviews2026-08-21 — 24 pageviews2026-08-24 — 34 pageviews2026-08-26 — 53 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
33.7%
earned "Ad Astra! "
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Italian, Russian

Player tags

4XIndieSpaceAliensSci-fiStrategyDiplomacyFuturisticTurn-BasedExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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