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Polaris Sector

SoftWarWare · Slitherine Ltd. · 2016-03-22

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.

Polaris Sector is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 476 reviews).

3
playing now
72%
positive of 476 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (363 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$39.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (55 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 16,992 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 476 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Humble Store (2023-11-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 19 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420162026Week of 2016-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

912026-09-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1460Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2016 — avg 47 · peak 163Sep 2016 — avg 20 · peak 87Jan 2017 — avg 18 · peak 45May 2017 — avg 11 · peak 28Sep 2017 — avg 26 · peak 62Jan 2018 — avg 26 · peak 62May 2018 — avg 12 · peak 27Sep 2018 — avg 9 · peak 21Jan 2019 — avg 14 · peak 46May 2019 — avg 11 · peak 24Sep 2019 — avg 9 · peak 25Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 28May 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2020 — avg 8 · peak 19Jan 2021 — avg 12 · peak 25May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2022 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 12Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$7.992016-03-222026-09-132016-03-22 — best price $35.992016-08-29 — best price $29.992016-11-23 — best price $23.992017-03-09 — best price $23.992017-09-07 — best price $23.992017-11-16 — best price $14.792018-01-25 — best price $39.992018-07-05 — best price $39.992018-11-27 — best price $39.992019-02-11 — best price $39.992019-07-09 — best price $39.992019-09-12 — best price $39.992020-01-09 — best price $9.992020-04-13 — best price $9.992020-08-27 — best price $9.592020-12-01 — best price $39.992021-05-31 — best price $39.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-03-22 — best price $9.592022-07-29 — best price $13.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-02-24 — best price $39.992023-05-23 — best price $39.992023-08-28 — best price $9.592023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-09-19 — best price $11.992024-12-02 — best price $39.992025-01-20 — best price $7.992025-04-07 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-04-27 — best price $39.992026-06-11 — best price $39.992026-07-29 — best price $39.992026-09-12 — best price $7.992026-09-13 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-11-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

4XSpaceAliensSci-fiWargameStrategyTacticalReal-TimeSimulationReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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