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Gratuitous Space Battles 2 cover art

Gratuitous Space Battles 2

Positech Games · 2015-04-16

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 16, 2015 (Mac), Apr 16, 2015 (Linux), Apr 16, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...

Gratuitous Space Battles 2 is a 2015 Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (39% of 312 reviews).

1
playing now
39%
positive of 312 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.8k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 312 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.39-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2017-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 40 of 70 observed days · $1.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320152026Week of 2015-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.492015-04-172026-10-142015-04-17 — best price $24.952015-06-24 — best price $19.992015-08-31 — best price $11.242015-12-09 — best price $4.992016-03-12 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-11-25 — best price $2.492017-03-13 — best price $9.992017-09-14 — best price $1.992017-12-05 — best price $9.992018-05-24 — best price $9.992018-11-15 — best price $4.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-01-13 — best price $3.392020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992021-02-10 — best price $4.992021-08-30 — best price $9.992022-04-18 — best price $3.392022-09-06 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-10-10 — best price $9.992024-01-25 — best price $1.492024-06-27 — best price $4.992025-02-13 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $3.392026-03-19 — best price $3.402026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $3.392026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-09-26 — best price $3.392026-10-06 — best price $3.392026-10-14 — best price $3.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
72.9%
earned "Master of Missiles "
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6551%30

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceSci-fiModdableStrategySimulationGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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