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Hades' Star

Parallel Space Inc · 2019-02-27

Steam

Massively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Feb 27, 2019 (iOS), Feb 27, 2019 (Android), Feb 27, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2019 (Mac)

A unique space strategy game where thousands of players participate in one shared galaxy.

85
playing now
73%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

85 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The first Scout ships we sent into the newly discovered Hades Galaxy confirmed what our greediest Corporations were hoping for: A new world filled with rich star systems and rare minerals. Subsequent reports of hostile environments, unstable stars, and a mysterious indigenous race were quickly dismissed. Massive Colonization missions were put in place in record time. Already, millions of ships have reached the new Galaxy and set outposts on various planets. Every day, thousands more arrive. As the owner of a humble fleet arriving at the outskirts of the Hades Galaxy, you will work to colonize(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 85 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 870 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020192026Week of 2019-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

14702026-08-07 00:00 — 78 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 108 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 135 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 86 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 117 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 127 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 104 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 122 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 94 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 123 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 74 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 92 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 137 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 100 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 94 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 118 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 121 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 86 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 120 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 124 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 94 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 147 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 114 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 85 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
6.5%
earned "STABLE RELATIONSHIP"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)7852%29
Steam (Steam)1467%15

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

Player tags

2D4XPvEPvPRTSCo-opIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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