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House of the Dying Sun cover art

House of the Dying Sun

Marauder Interactive, LLC · 2016-11-01

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 01, 2016 (SteamVR)

House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.

1
playing now
90%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

House of the Dying Sun, formerly Enemy Starfighter, is a space combat game developed and published by Marauder Interactive. It was released on November 2, 2016 for Microsoft Windows and went through Steam's Early Access program prior to its full release. The game features optional virtual reality options that work with the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. The game contains fourteen scenarios that the player is able to complete, with the gameplay consisting of both first-person "cockpit combat" and an overlay in which the player is able to assume control of or give orders to ships in their fleet.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,048 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2022-04-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
300May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2016 — avg 10 · peak 52Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 26May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2017 — avg 7 · peak 48Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2018 — avg 4 · peak 20May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2018 — avg 4 · peak 24Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.992016-06-072026-08-102016-06-07 — best price $17.992016-08-02 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $12.992017-04-10 — best price $19.992017-08-07 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-04-27 — best price $7.992018-07-21 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $6.792019-03-26 — best price $19.992019-07-18 — best price $6.792019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-02-17 — best price $6.792020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $6.792021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-05-28 — best price $6.792021-07-26 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $6.792022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-06-06 — best price $5.992022-07-25 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-02-06 — best price $19.992023-05-01 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-05-13 — best price $5.992024-08-08 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $19.992025-05-19 — best price $5.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-12-13 — best price $5.992026-03-09 — best price $19.992026-06-04 — best price $5.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3522026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 34 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 12 pageviews2026-09-11 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 9 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-27 — 6 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 8 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "Reveille"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedVR SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,1152%38

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

VRIndieShortSpaceActionFlightSci-fiShooterStrategyTactical

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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