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Martian Law

Linclo Games · 2019-10-18

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mars is under attack! An unknown enemy is dropping bombs on the peaceful red planet. It is up to you to fight off the onslaught so the innocent can escape. Run (umm...slide), jump and blast your way to freedom in the arcade-inspired goodness that is Martian Law. Save Mars!

Martian Law is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (34% of 435 reviews).

4
playing now
34%
positive of 433 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Dormant
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 0 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · No new reviews since week of 2019-10-01.
  • · Top 22% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 433 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-11-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120192026Week of 2019-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Apr 2020Jun 2024Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 140May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 23Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 4Feb 2024 — avg 1 · peak 2May 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2024 — avg 1 · peak 2

▼ −1 avg players (−39.3%) vs prior month — Jun 2024

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

Price history

$3.99$0.992019-10-182025-01-022019-10-18 — best price $3.592019-10-25 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $3.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-01-27 — best price $3.992020-03-03 — best price $2.992020-04-13 — best price $1.992020-06-25 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-02-11 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992021-12-23 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992023-03-18 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
31.3%
earned "Little Martian that Could"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)73247%6

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

Player tags

2DMarsIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualClassicControllerHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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