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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

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.

5
playing now
90%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 10,792 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 51k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,044 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 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

3432026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 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.

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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