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Freespace 2 cover art

Freespace 2

Volition Inc · Interplay Corp · 2014-06-06

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Sep 30, 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.

Freespace 2 is an Action game released in 2014, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, priced at $24.99, with Mostly Positive (79% of 323 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 323 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

FreeSpace 2 is a 1999 space combat simulation video game developed by Volition as the sequel to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. It was completed ahead of schedule in less than a year, and released to very positive reviews, but the game became a commercial failure, and was described by certain critics as one of 1999's most unfairly overlooked titles.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.1k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 323 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2018-09-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 3 of 55 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920152026Week of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
61Jun 2014Feb 2026Jun 2014 — avg 6 · peak 28Sep 2014 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2015 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Feb 2026

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

Price history

$24.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-07 — best price $9.992015-10-19 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-05-24 — best price $3.992016-11-14 — best price $9.992017-05-08 — best price $9.992017-11-07 — best price $9.992018-02-17 — best price $3.392018-04-16 — best price $4.992018-07-16 — best price $3.392018-10-22 — best price $6.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-05-30 — best price $3.392019-08-26 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-10-12 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-10-11 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-12-01 — best price $9.992023-05-09 — best price $9.992023-10-03 — best price $9.992024-02-13 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $24.992026-09-09 — best price $24.992026-09-19 — best price $24.992026-09-29 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

123382026-06-01 — 86 pageviews2026-06-05 — 68 pageviews2026-06-09 — 52 pageviews2026-06-13 — 53 pageviews2026-06-17 — 99 pageviews2026-06-21 — 77 pageviews2026-06-25 — 54 pageviews2026-06-29 — 59 pageviews2026-07-03 — 83 pageviews2026-07-07 — 67 pageviews2026-07-11 — 84 pageviews2026-07-15 — 61 pageviews2026-07-19 — 58 pageviews2026-07-23 — 90 pageviews2026-07-27 — 61 pageviews2026-07-31 — 73 pageviews2026-08-04 — 54 pageviews2026-08-08 — 64 pageviews2026-08-12 — 58 pageviews2026-08-16 — 67 pageviews2026-08-20 — 123 pageviews2026-08-24 — 74 pageviews2026-08-28 — 73 pageviews2026-09-01 — 94 pageviews2026-09-05 — 67 pageviews2026-09-09 — 63 pageviews2026-09-13 — 63 pageviews2026-09-17 — 63 pageviews2026-09-21 — 64 pageviews2026-09-25 — 79 pageviews2026-09-29 — 67 pageviews2026-10-03 — 66 pageviews2026-10-07 — 51 pageviews2026-10-10 — 62 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

6DOFEpicSpaceActionFlightSci-fiClassicModdableSpace SimSimulation

Census log

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

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