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Forbidden Planet

Faton · 2016-01-11

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Forbidden Planet" is a Space Strategy and Tower Defence like Game. You control a small spaceship and your main goal is to protect your own home planet. Explore the universe for resources. Colonize other planets. Defend from the asteroids.

Forbidden Planet is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (52% of 360 reviews).

1
playing now
52%
positive of 361 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 49,476 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.0k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 361 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.07 at IndieGala Store (2018-04-30) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.072016-01-112026-08-052016-01-11 — best price $1.792016-03-14 — best price $1.192016-05-12 — best price $3.992016-06-23 — best price $0.492016-07-19 — best price $0.242016-08-15 — best price $0.492016-09-26 — best price $0.992016-10-28 — best price $0.492016-11-29 — best price $0.992017-02-27 — best price $0.502017-04-10 — best price $0.492017-09-03 — best price $0.492017-10-26 — best price $0.492018-01-24 — best price $0.092018-02-25 — best price $3.992018-04-02 — best price $0.512018-05-15 — best price $0.392018-06-25 — best price $0.492018-08-06 — best price $0.492018-10-30 — best price $0.662023-06-16 — best price $0.282023-08-17 — best price $4.992023-11-13 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-06 — best price $4.992024-05-05 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-10-06 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-21 — best price $4.992025-04-07 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-21 — best price $4.992025-11-05 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-15 — best price $4.992026-04-28 — best price $4.992026-08-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

IndieSpaceStrategyTower Defense

Census log

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

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