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Redshirt cover art

Redshirt

The Tiniest Shark · Positech · 2013-11-13

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 13, 2013 (Mac), Nov 13, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 13, 2013 (Linux)

Redshirt is the comedy sci-fi sim about social networking aboard a space station, starring the station's most ambitious low-ranking peon: you! Navigate the professional and interpersonal politics of the ubiquitous "Spacebook" to curry favor among friends and colleagues.

0
playing now
42%
positive of 400 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Redshirt is a social simulation game developed by Mitu Khandaker, developing under the company name The Tiniest Shark, and published by Positech Games for Windows, MacOS, and iOS. The game follows the player's custom character as they work through a fictional social media account as they try to "climb the ladder" on a space station. The game's title refers to a redshirt, a stock character in fiction who dies soon after being introduced.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 400 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-02-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 41 of 43 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-21 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-04-04 — best price $2.492016-08-02 — best price $1.892016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-01-26 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-16 — best price $1.992018-01-25 — best price $19.992018-07-24 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-07-01 — best price $9.992019-09-12 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-06-09 — best price $0.992022-01-10 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-07-02 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-01-24 — best price $9.992024-05-03 — best price $3.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $4.992025-02-28 — best price $3.992025-05-12 — best price $2.492025-07-16 — best price $0.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $2.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-05-30 — 5 pageviews2026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-05 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualComedyLGBTQ+SatireSci-fiLife SimStrategyDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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