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Fights in Tight Spaces

Ground Shatter · Balor Games · 2021-12-02

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 25, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 24, 2021 (Xbox One)

A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

58
playing now
90%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 52h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

58 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Fights in Tight Spaces is a roguelike deck-building tactical game developed by British studio Ground Shatter and published by Mode 7 Games. The game was released in December 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S after an Early Access period that started in February 2021. Ports for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were released in May 2023.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 58 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 226 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 79k–177k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,930 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$4.99-80%
GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-02-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 18 of 33 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50850820212026Week of 2021-02-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

86492026-08-11 19:00 — 79 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 62 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 63 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 71 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 58 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 75 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 69 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 62 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 56 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 85 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 58 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 84 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 59 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 69 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 73 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 65 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 72 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 86 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 51 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 58 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 79 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 54 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 66 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 71 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 49 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 70 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 81 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 58 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.992021-02-242026-08-302021-02-24 — best price $22.492021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-12-02 — best price $22.492022-04-11 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $22.492022-08-15 — best price $24.992023-02-01 — best price $22.492023-03-27 — best price $24.992023-07-20 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $17.492024-01-15 — best price $24.992024-02-27 — best price $22.492024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-10 — best price $22.492024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-09-04 — best price $12.492024-10-24 — best price $12.492024-11-08 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-11 — best price $24.992025-02-25 — best price $4.992025-03-19 — best price $9.992025-04-07 — best price $7.492025-05-27 — best price $24.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-07-15 — best price $9.992025-07-31 — best price $24.992025-08-20 — best price $6.242025-09-15 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-10-27 — best price $8.492025-11-05 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-05-07 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-15 — best price $4.992026-08-18 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5012026-05-29 — 8 pageviews2026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 23 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 22 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 18 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "Rookie"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing4 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1710%70
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2321%40
PS4 (PlayStation)866%41
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Player tags

IndieActionViolentStrategyTacticalCard GameRogue-likeTurn-BasedDeckbuildingMartial Arts

Census log

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

Recent updates

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