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Excubitor cover art

Excubitor

Tesseract Interactive · Kasedo Games · 2016-05-26

SteamGOG

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 26, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 26, 2016 (Mac), May 26, 2016 (Linux)

In this classic inspired Tower Defense Bullet Hell Shooter, security bots have revolted and you, the sole surviving pilot, are all that stands between the colonies and defeat. Upgrade your ship, weapons and turrets whilst facing a plethora of enemies and colossal bosses. Why did the drones turn?

Excubitor is an Action and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 34 reviews).

0
playing now
56%
positive of 34 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.99 at MacGameStore (2025-03-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 88 of 112 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Jan 2016Aug 2020Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.992016-05-242026-09-302016-05-24 — best price $19.992016-08-18 — best price $14.242017-03-06 — best price $14.992017-07-15 — best price $3.752017-10-04 — best price $10.852018-02-06 — best price $14.992018-07-17 — best price $11.992018-11-23 — best price $14.992019-03-22 — best price $2.992019-07-12 — best price $14.992019-10-11 — best price $2.992019-12-30 — best price $19.992020-02-17 — best price $3.542020-04-20 — best price $5.252020-06-26 — best price $2.992020-08-09 — best price $13.402020-09-29 — best price $13.392020-11-12 — best price $14.992021-01-10 — best price $2.992021-03-25 — best price $12.632021-05-15 — best price $14.992021-07-23 — best price $3.002021-10-25 — best price $3.742022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-04-22 — best price $1.282022-07-29 — best price $13.472022-11-22 — best price $3.742023-03-01 — best price $13.832023-06-23 — best price $1.192024-01-31 — best price $13.482024-06-17 — best price $2.392024-12-04 — best price $11.892025-07-11 — best price $11.892025-12-06 — best price $14.992026-03-23 — best price $1.122026-06-26 — best price $1.322026-09-21 — best price $1.502026-09-30 — best price $1.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
37.7%
earned "Licence to Kill"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

ActionSci-fiStrategyShoot 'Em UpTower Defense

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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