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Hades' Star cover art

Hades' Star

Parallel Space Inc · 2019-02-27

Steam

Massively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Hades' Star is a Massively Multiplayer, Strategy and Free To Play game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 2685 reviews).

128
playing now
73%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

128 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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
  • · 128 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 17% of 1,829 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

157782026-09-14 22:00 — 93 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 100 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 139 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 102 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 83 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 122 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 117 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 79 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 106 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 105 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 87 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 102 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 119 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 81 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 113 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 124 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 92 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 118 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 130 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 79 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 91 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 109 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 112 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 128 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
557104Mar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 526 · peak 752Jun 2019 — avg 358 · peak 491Sep 2019 — avg 304 · peak 407Dec 2019 — avg 289 · peak 397Mar 2020 — avg 420 · peak 613Jun 2020 — avg 540 · peak 730Sep 2020 — avg 499 · peak 686Dec 2020 — avg 496 · peak 761Mar 2021 — avg 525 · peak 737Jun 2021 — avg 451 · peak 612Sep 2021 — avg 405 · peak 559Dec 2021 — avg 355 · peak 487Mar 2022 — avg 362 · peak 481Jun 2022 — avg 354 · peak 511Sep 2022 — avg 304 · peak 414Dec 2022 — avg 276 · peak 384Mar 2023 — avg 276 · peak 370Jun 2023 — avg 233 · peak 330Sep 2023 — avg 201 · peak 292Dec 2023 — avg 181 · peak 268Mar 2024 — avg 169 · peak 246Jun 2024 — avg 159 · peak 224Sep 2024 — avg 144 · peak 213Dec 2024 — avg 132 · peak 220Mar 2025 — avg 138 · peak 216Jun 2025 — avg 127 · peak 194Sep 2025 — avg 128 · peak 193Dec 2025 — avg 126 · peak 201Mar 2026 — avg 117 · peak 200Jun 2026 — avg 104 · peak 163Aug 2026 — avg 107 · peak 160
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D4XPvEPvPRTSCo-opIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategy

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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