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MoonBase Commander

Humongous Entertainment · Rebellion · 2014-02-06

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 13, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore. Strategize. Conquer.In the far future, Mankind has nearly exhausted all of earth’s natural resources. Fragile alliances between nations are tested to their limits as fierce wars ignite across land and space.MoonBase Commander puts you in charge of your own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire in space.

MoonBase Commander is a Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (90% of 183 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 183 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

MoonBase Commander is a strategy video game released in 2002 by Humongous Entertainment. In the game, the player controls a main hub, which can send out other hubs, attack enemy structures, create defensive buildings, and collect energy for further expansion; this is accomplished through launching buildings and/or weapons from a hub. Each building is connected to its parent hub by a cord, which cannot overlap with other cords. The game features both single-player and multiplayer formats. It won the "Best of 2002: The Game No One Played" award from IGN.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 14,091 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.6k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 183 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$0.53-91%
GOG$1.19-80%
Steam$1.19-80%
GOG$1.19-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.45 at GamersGate (2024-03-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 56 of 99 observed days · $0.08 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720142026Week of 2014-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30Feb 2014Jun 2022Feb 2014 — avg 3 · peak 18May 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 17Feb 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 5Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 40Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 6Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2022

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

Price history

$6.55$0.452015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.892015-04-18 — best price $6.412015-07-20 — best price $2.992016-02-23 — best price $5.992016-10-24 — best price $5.992017-08-03 — best price $1.492018-02-22 — best price $1.492018-08-27 — best price $5.992019-04-29 — best price $5.992019-12-11 — best price $1.372020-05-11 — best price $1.122020-07-27 — best price $5.992020-09-09 — best price $5.992020-10-16 — best price $5.392020-11-22 — best price $5.392021-01-14 — best price $5.992021-02-19 — best price $5.992021-04-08 — best price $4.992021-05-14 — best price $4.992021-07-05 — best price $4.992022-01-06 — best price $4.992022-06-18 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $1.492023-03-04 — best price $5.992023-08-06 — best price $4.692023-12-13 — best price $1.492024-04-12 — best price $1.132024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-06-30 — best price $5.992025-12-08 — best price $5.992026-03-27 — best price $4.402026-09-02 — best price $1.192026-09-26 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4842026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-05 — 17 pageviews2026-06-09 — 19 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 25 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 25 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 27 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-08 — 19 pageviews2026-08-12 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 32 pageviews2026-08-24 — 32 pageviews2026-08-28 — 48 pageviews2026-09-01 — 25 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 5 pageviews2026-09-17 — 11 pageviews2026-09-21 — 19 pageviews2026-09-25 — 14 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 17 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

Sci-fiClassicStrategyBase-BuildingTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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