The Game Census
Recon Control cover art

Recon Control

Dmitry Kozlov · GrabTheGames · 2021-11-04

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.

83%
positive of 144 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Humble Store (2025-07-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 61 of 101 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220212026Week of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.592021-11-042026-08-142021-11-04 — best price $8.992022-02-04 — best price $4.992022-05-31 — best price $9.992022-08-08 — best price $6.692022-10-20 — best price $7.892022-12-19 — best price $9.992023-02-19 — best price $5.002023-03-27 — best price $9.992023-05-08 — best price $2.392023-06-21 — best price $2.392023-07-23 — best price $9.992023-09-08 — best price $9.992023-11-17 — best price $2.172023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-02-01 — best price $8.172024-03-04 — best price $4.192024-03-29 — best price $8.172024-04-30 — best price $9.992024-06-04 — best price $8.692024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-08-07 — best price $8.692024-09-09 — best price $2.172024-09-25 — best price $2.402024-11-27 — best price $0.892025-01-05 — best price $7.342025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-13 — best price $0.992025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-10-01 — best price $9.992025-11-18 — best price $7.342025-12-12 — best price $0.892026-01-17 — best price $0.892026-02-18 — best price $2.502026-03-19 — best price $0.892026-04-30 — best price $0.592026-05-30 — best price $0.892026-06-30 — best price $2.202026-08-01 — best price $8.892026-08-14 — best price $8.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
70%
earned "Battle-tested"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

Player tags

RPGWarIndieWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalSimulationTurn-BasedReplay Value

Census log

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

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