The Game Census
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime cover art

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Asteroid Base · 2015-09-09

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 09, 2015 (Xbox One), Sep 09, 2015 (Linux), Sep 09, 2015 (Mac), Feb 09, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Sep 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 03, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

32
playing now
93%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (74 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

32 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a space shooter video game developed by Asteroid Base for Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Linux, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The project is part of the ID@Xbox program. The game's title is a reference to the Bruce Cockburn song "Lovers in a Dangerous Time".

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 120 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 102k–244k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,066 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.94 at Steam (2018-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 13 observed days · $10.05 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11211220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3462026-08-06 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 30 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 32 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.942015-08-262026-08-302015-08-26 — best price $13.492015-12-01 — best price $14.992015-12-23 — best price $13.492016-05-14 — best price $7.492016-07-14 — best price $14.992016-09-19 — best price $8.992016-11-23 — best price $7.492017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-05-01 — best price $6.742017-06-22 — best price $6.742017-11-16 — best price $6.742018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-05-17 — best price $14.992018-09-10 — best price $5.992018-11-21 — best price $4.942019-01-28 — best price $14.992019-07-01 — best price $5.992019-08-01 — best price $5.992019-11-20 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-02-11 — best price $5.992020-09-07 — best price $5.992020-12-02 — best price $14.992021-03-29 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

113232026-05-30 — 43 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-05 — 35 pageviews2026-06-08 — 34 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-14 — 38 pageviews2026-06-17 — 30 pageviews2026-06-20 — 27 pageviews2026-06-23 — 41 pageviews2026-06-26 — 33 pageviews2026-06-29 — 47 pageviews2026-07-02 — 31 pageviews2026-07-05 — 76 pageviews2026-07-08 — 57 pageviews2026-07-11 — 71 pageviews2026-07-14 — 38 pageviews2026-07-17 — 61 pageviews2026-07-20 — 34 pageviews2026-07-23 — 43 pageviews2026-07-26 — 51 pageviews2026-07-29 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 59 pageviews2026-08-04 — 32 pageviews2026-08-07 — 49 pageviews2026-08-10 — 32 pageviews2026-08-13 — 65 pageviews2026-08-16 — 48 pageviews2026-08-19 — 59 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-25 — 33 pageviews2026-08-27 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
64.6%
earned "Romantic Getaway"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)25,8067%29
Xbox One (Xbox)25,1053%28
Steam (Steam)12,2251%28
Switch (Nintendo)2300%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteCo-opIndieSpaceActionCasualSci-fiColorfulLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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