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Hardspace: Shipbreaker cover art

Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Blackbird Interactive · 2022-05-24

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Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 20, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 20, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

224
playing now
89%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 24h · completionist 35h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

224 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is an action-adventure simulation video game developed by Blackbird Interactive and originally published by Focus Entertainment. In the game, the player works as a ship breaker by exploring and dismantling abandoned spacecraft in search of useful materials, while at the same time tackling the labor relations issues within their employer. The game was released on Windows via early access in June 2020, and was released in full in May 2022. The game received generally positive reviews upon release. Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released in September 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 224 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 909 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~114/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,074 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 447k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,326 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$34.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$34.99
Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2025-11-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 29 of 58 observed days · $24.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 2,834 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 968 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,072 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3261062026-08-06 21:00 — 265 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 125 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 180 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 231 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 153 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 213 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 323 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 181 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 255 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 296 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 133 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 158 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 230 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 129 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 143 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 228 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 133 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 192 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 317 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 161 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 126 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 231 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 193 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 187 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 222 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 213 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 133 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 205 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 224 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$10.282020-06-162026-08-302020-06-16 — best price $17.592020-08-09 — best price $22.392020-09-17 — best price $24.992020-10-28 — best price $18.742020-12-03 — best price $24.992021-01-15 — best price $24.992021-02-25 — best price $24.992021-04-15 — best price $24.992021-05-24 — best price $21.132021-07-26 — best price $15.742021-10-05 — best price $21.132021-12-24 — best price $21.132022-05-15 — best price $34.992022-07-19 — best price $26.242022-09-05 — best price $26.242022-11-09 — best price $28.942023-01-02 — best price $23.442023-03-07 — best price $24.492023-05-08 — best price $31.492023-07-21 — best price $19.942023-09-09 — best price $29.742023-11-18 — best price $20.992024-01-17 — best price $15.742024-03-12 — best price $34.992024-04-23 — best price $34.992024-06-14 — best price $17.502024-08-10 — best price $34.992024-10-08 — best price $34.992024-12-16 — best price $12.882025-02-10 — best price $34.992025-08-01 — best price $12.242026-03-05 — best price $34.992026-07-17 — best price $34.992026-08-30 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

126352026-05-28 — 74 pageviews2026-05-31 — 71 pageviews2026-06-03 — 53 pageviews2026-06-06 — 86 pageviews2026-06-09 — 70 pageviews2026-06-12 — 67 pageviews2026-06-15 — 83 pageviews2026-06-18 — 60 pageviews2026-06-21 — 69 pageviews2026-06-24 — 50 pageviews2026-06-27 — 71 pageviews2026-06-30 — 68 pageviews2026-07-03 — 67 pageviews2026-07-06 — 53 pageviews2026-07-09 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 68 pageviews2026-07-15 — 67 pageviews2026-07-18 — 48 pageviews2026-07-21 — 54 pageviews2026-07-24 — 51 pageviews2026-07-27 — 70 pageviews2026-07-30 — 70 pageviews2026-08-02 — 78 pageviews2026-08-05 — 49 pageviews2026-08-08 — 61 pageviews2026-08-11 — 53 pageviews2026-08-14 — 80 pageviews2026-08-17 — 63 pageviews2026-08-20 — 60 pageviews2026-08-23 — 65 pageviews2026-08-25 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4002026-08-26 20:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 15 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
52.9%
earned "No Niños"
27.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,0799%27
Windows (Xbox)7,6136%27
PS5 (PlayStation)3,58222%28

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

SpacePuzzleSci-fiPhysicsSandboxBuildingStrategySpace SimDystopian Futuristic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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