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Invasion Machine

Pixel Machine · 2020-02-26

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 26, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

Invasion Machine is a 2020 Early Access, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $18.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 631 reviews).

0
playing now
65%
positive of 631 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$18.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

The Setting What led to our recent occupation of this land is still at the center of a heated political debate. What followed the invasion, was the worst scenario we may ever have imagined - we hoped we’d be able to instill better leadership and let this country rebuild itself. But that’s not what happened. Our toppling of the local government created a power vacuum in the area - which is now quickly leading to an unprecedented rise of new powers - the drug lords, locally known as Guerillas. If we don’t stop this transformation, this entire country is gonna explode. We were not preparing for (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (67 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 631 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.49 at Steam (2025-01-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220202026Week of 2020-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
101Mar 2020May 2026Mar 2020 — avg 10 · peak 40May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 19Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4

▼ −1 avg players (−43.7%) vs prior month — May 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$9.492020-02-262026-07-092020-02-26 — best price $17.092020-06-25 — best price $16.142020-11-25 — best price $16.142020-12-22 — best price $15.192021-02-11 — best price $15.192021-06-24 — best price $14.242021-10-30 — best price $16.142021-11-24 — best price $15.192021-12-22 — best price $15.192022-06-23 — best price $13.292022-11-22 — best price $13.292022-12-22 — best price $11.392023-03-16 — best price $11.392023-06-29 — best price $11.392023-08-28 — best price $11.392023-11-21 — best price $11.392023-12-21 — best price $11.392024-06-27 — best price $11.392024-11-27 — best price $11.392024-12-19 — best price $11.392025-01-20 — best price $9.492025-03-13 — best price $11.392025-04-28 — best price $9.492025-06-26 — best price $11.392025-09-29 — best price $11.392025-12-18 — best price $9.492026-03-19 — best price $11.392026-06-25 — best price $9.492026-07-09 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

RTSWarGoreIndieModernSandboxViolentWargameMilitaryStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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