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Pixel Galaxy

Serenity Forge · 2015-10-02

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2015 (Mac), 2016 (Xbox One)

A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.

Pixel Galaxy is an Action and Indie game priced at $2.99 released in 2015, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive sentiment across 191 reviews.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 191 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.29 at Fanatical (2026-01-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 105 of 115 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920152026Week of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.682015-10-022026-09-132015-10-02 — best price $8.992016-09-05 — best price $3.392017-11-22 — best price $1.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-06-30 — best price $8.282020-08-11 — best price $8.892020-09-21 — best price $9.992020-11-06 — best price $9.992020-12-18 — best price $8.382021-02-02 — best price $8.382021-03-09 — best price $8.382021-04-29 — best price $0.872021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $0.742022-01-07 — best price $8.382022-03-08 — best price $2.992022-05-17 — best price $8.382022-07-11 — best price $2.992022-10-24 — best price $0.782023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-08-22 — best price $7.342023-11-09 — best price $0.852024-02-08 — best price $0.892024-04-18 — best price $0.682024-07-21 — best price $2.992024-10-08 — best price $2.292024-12-19 — best price $0.692025-04-30 — best price $0.692025-08-30 — best price $2.292025-11-04 — best price $6.292026-02-02 — best price $2.292026-04-30 — best price $1.012026-06-22 — best price $1.022026-08-17 — best price $2.232026-09-13 — best price $2.65
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
56.1%
earned "Pixel Recruit"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionArcadeControllerMinimalistBullet HellBullet TimeReplay ValueShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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