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Fights in Tight Spaces

Ground Shatter · Balor Games · 2021-12-02

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ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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.

Fights in Tight Spaces is a 2021 Action and Strategy title priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 3934 reviews).

52
playing now
90%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4.76★
PlayStation Store rating (83 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 52h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

52 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 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.

Trailer

Fights in Tight Spaces trailer thumbnail

Fights in Tight Spaces - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 52 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 8% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 79k–177k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,934 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 19 of 71 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

130452026-09-15 15:00 — 67 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 77 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 78 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 129 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 130 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 75 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 100 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 96 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 76 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 86 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 92 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 73 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 65 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 86 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 82 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 61 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 85 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 88 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 60 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 88 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 69 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 62 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
53357Mar 2021Aug 2026Mar 2021 — avg 224 · peak 636May 2021 — avg 100 · peak 206Jul 2021 — avg 94 · peak 204Sep 2021 — avg 71 · peak 132Nov 2021 — avg 65 · peak 115Jan 2022 — avg 204 · peak 343Mar 2022 — avg 89 · peak 134May 2022 — avg 84 · peak 121Jul 2022 — avg 81 · peak 136Sep 2022 — avg 69 · peak 112Nov 2022 — avg 59 · peak 99Jan 2023 — avg 78 · peak 128Mar 2023 — avg 60 · peak 95May 2023 — avg 75 · peak 188Jul 2023 — avg 74 · peak 126Sep 2023 — avg 94 · peak 460Nov 2023 — avg 106 · peak 177Jan 2024 — avg 118 · peak 211Mar 2024 — avg 96 · peak 330May 2024 — avg 74 · peak 125Jul 2024 — avg 144 · peak 239Sep 2024 — avg 112 · peak 189Nov 2024 — avg 104 · peak 193Jan 2025 — avg 109 · peak 188Mar 2025 — avg 275 · peak 556May 2025 — avg 99 · peak 168Jul 2025 — avg 133 · peak 228Sep 2025 — avg 141 · peak 278Nov 2025 — avg 104 · peak 207Jan 2026 — avg 99 · peak 173Mar 2026 — avg 66 · peak 116May 2026 — avg 97 · peak 231Jul 2026 — avg 81 · peak 132Aug 2026 — avg 65 · peak 97
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.992021-02-242026-10-152021-02-24 — best price $22.492021-10-25 — best price $24.992022-04-18 — best price $22.492022-08-15 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $22.492023-08-28 — best price $22.492023-12-21 — best price $17.492024-01-27 — best price $24.992024-03-25 — best price $17.492024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-09-19 — best price $24.992024-11-22 — best price $12.502025-01-11 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-04-21 — best price $24.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-07-23 — best price $24.992025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-03 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $24.992026-09-07 — best price $24.992026-09-12 — best price $24.992026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-09-22 — best price $24.992026-09-27 — best price $24.992026-10-02 — best price $24.992026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-12 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3122026-05-29 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews2026-09-02 — 23 pageviews2026-09-06 — 9 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 23 pageviews2026-09-18 — 18 pageviews2026-09-22 — 16 pageviews2026-09-26 — 11 pageviews2026-09-30 — 22 pageviews2026-10-04 — 20 pageviews2026-10-07 — 15 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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-12-02, latest 2025-10-27 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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