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NEBULOUS: Fleet Command cover art

NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

Eridanus Industries · Hooded Horse · 2022-02-11

Steam

SimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

NEBULOUS: Fleet Command is a 2022 Simulation, Strategy, Early Access game priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 4391 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

69
playing now
81%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (322 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

NEBULOUS: Fleet Command trailer thumbnail

NEBULOUS: Fleet Command - The Protectorate Update Release Trailer

≈93,198 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 69 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 628 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~79/week).
  • · Review velocity up 157% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 16,694 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 89k–199k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,432 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at AllYouPlay (2023-11-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $35.68 · on sale 125 of 127 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48648620222026Week of 2022-02-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

134402026-09-15 13:00 — 78 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 89 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 50 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 79 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 132 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 91 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 67 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 88 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 65 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 77 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 86 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 87 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 108 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 69 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 72 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 70 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 94 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 127 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 84 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 69 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
42039Feb 2022Aug 2026Feb 2022 — avg 327 · peak 628Apr 2022 — avg 72 · peak 162Jun 2022 — avg 71 · peak 144Aug 2022 — avg 159 · peak 765Oct 2022 — avg 105 · peak 234Dec 2022 — avg 78 · peak 162Feb 2023 — avg 120 · peak 1,105Apr 2023 — avg 144 · peak 268Jun 2023 — avg 97 · peak 192Aug 2023 — avg 114 · peak 258Oct 2023 — avg 104 · peak 217Dec 2023 — avg 114 · peak 276Feb 2024 — avg 108 · peak 230Apr 2024 — avg 77 · peak 157Jun 2024 — avg 110 · peak 241Aug 2024 — avg 78 · peak 147Oct 2024 — avg 127 · peak 248Dec 2024 — avg 94 · peak 179Feb 2025 — avg 214 · peak 585Apr 2025 — avg 103 · peak 193Jun 2025 — avg 121 · peak 257Aug 2025 — avg 90 · peak 181Oct 2025 — avg 82 · peak 163Dec 2025 — avg 79 · peak 173Feb 2026 — avg 76 · peak 158Apr 2026 — avg 99 · peak 261Jun 2026 — avg 419 · peak 1,097Aug 2026 — avg 96 · peak 187
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$7.492022-02-112026-09-282022-02-11 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-27 — best price $14.992023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-06-14 — best price $14.992023-07-24 — best price $14.992023-09-07 — best price $13.992023-10-25 — best price $13.992023-11-26 — best price $7.492024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $29.992024-03-08 — best price $18.992024-04-19 — best price $16.242024-06-11 — best price $29.992024-07-25 — best price $29.992024-09-16 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-22 — best price $29.992025-04-05 — best price $14.992025-05-12 — best price $24.992025-07-12 — best price $29.992025-08-19 — best price $15.002025-09-16 — best price $26.992025-10-23 — best price $14.992025-11-20 — best price $13.202025-12-23 — best price $13.492026-01-23 — best price $13.042026-02-19 — best price $29.992026-03-20 — best price $13.462026-04-16 — best price $14.992026-05-06 — best price $29.992026-06-04 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-10 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
55.3%
earned "Hide & Seek"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8400%19

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiSandboxMilitaryModdableStrategyDiplomacyFuturisticManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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