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Hyperspeed cover art

Hyperspeed

MicroProse Software, Inc · Atari · 2015-04-01

SteamGOG

AdventureRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2015 (Linux), Apr 01, 2015 (Mac), 1991 (DOS)

There's no room for error when travelling at the speed of light, racing through star systems in a desperate search for a new world to house Mankind. But there are plenty of opportunities for mistakes. Make your choices quickly. You're moving at Hyperspeed - second thoughts could be fatal.

Hyperspeed is a 2015 Adventure, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $6.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 27 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

78%
positive of 27 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)
Hyperspeed is a space combat role-playing video game developed by MicroProse Software in 1991 for MS-DOS, and is a sequel to Lightspeed.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 28,808 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 19 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120152026Week of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$0.892026-09-182026-10-142026-09-18 — best price $5.992026-09-19 — best price $5.992026-09-20 — best price $5.992026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-09-22 — best price $5.992026-09-23 — best price $5.992026-09-24 — best price $0.892026-09-25 — best price $0.892026-09-26 — best price $0.892026-09-27 — best price $0.892026-09-28 — best price $0.892026-09-29 — best price $0.892026-09-30 — best price $0.892026-10-01 — best price $0.892026-10-02 — best price $0.892026-10-03 — best price $0.892026-10-04 — best price $0.892026-10-05 — best price $0.892026-10-06 — best price $0.892026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $0.892026-10-10 — best price $0.892026-10-11 — best price $0.892026-10-12 — best price $0.892026-10-13 — best price $0.892026-10-14 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3902026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 5 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-19 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 1 pageviews2026-09-15 — 4 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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