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Istrolid cover art

Istrolid

treeform · 2016-05-06

Steam

Free To PlayIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 06, 2016 (Linux), May 06, 2016 (Mac), May 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.

Istrolid is a free-to-play Free To Play, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2016, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (87% of 2695 reviews).

1
playing now
87%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 9,527 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-09-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5250Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2016 — avg 114 · peak 208Nov 2016 — avg 99 · peak 290Mar 2017 — avg 53 · peak 115Jul 2017 — avg 51 · peak 90Nov 2017 — avg 54 · peak 125Mar 2018 — avg 35 · peak 83Jul 2018 — avg 31 · peak 58Nov 2018 — avg 22 · peak 50Mar 2019 — avg 19 · peak 45Jul 2019 — avg 16 · peak 40Nov 2019 — avg 27 · peak 66Mar 2020 — avg 24 · peak 48Jul 2020 — avg 17 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 34Mar 2021 — avg 16 · peak 38Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 28Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 24Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-05-27, latest 2017-05-29 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRTSCo-opIndieSpaceActionSci-fiSandboxBuildingCrafting

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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