The Game Census
Galacide cover art

Galacide

Puny Human · 2015-07-28

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 23, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 28, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 28, 2015 (Linux), Oct 23, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 23, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!

86%
positive of 95 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3.00★
PlayStation Store rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 21,113 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 95 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-06-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 5 observed days · $14.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.492015-04-242026-09-282015-04-24 — best price $8.492015-05-23 — best price $9.992015-07-29 — best price $8.492016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-05-20 — best price $9.992016-09-05 — best price $9.992016-11-09 — best price $6.992016-11-29 — best price $6.992017-05-25 — best price $6.992017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-10-13 — best price $0.982017-11-16 — best price $1.952018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-02-19 — best price $6.992018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-10-03 — best price $4.992018-11-15 — best price $3.742018-11-30 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $3.492019-07-21 — best price $1.242020-05-27 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $8.492020-12-22 — best price $8.992021-08-16 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-03-07 — best price $9.992022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2015-08-27, latest 2016-07-12 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Co-opIndieSpaceActionPuzzleSci-fiShooterDifficultBullet HellLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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