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Event Horizon

Pavel Zinchenko · 2018-12-20

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 29, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 30, 2016 (Mac), Apr 30, 2016 (Linux), Apr 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take command of a space fleet and start your galaxy exploration mission.

Event Horizon is a $5.99 Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2018, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (83% of 203 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 203 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 69% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.1k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 203 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.01 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-09-15 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.012016-04-302019-07-222016-04-30 — best price $5.992017-06-22 — best price $1.012017-07-05 — best price $5.992018-11-01 — best price $2.392018-11-21 — best price $2.392018-11-28 — best price $5.992018-12-20 — best price $2.392019-01-03 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $2.992019-07-10 — best price $5.992019-07-21 — best price $2.992019-07-22 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Steam (Steam)40%22

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

Player tags

RPGIndieSpaceAction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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