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Redshirt cover art

Redshirt

The Tiniest Shark · Positech · 2013-11-13

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

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.

Redshirt is a 2013 Indie, RPG, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (42% of 401 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners.

0
playing now
42%
positive of 401 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 401 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 83 of 84 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220132026Week of 2013-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-07-09 — best price $3.992016-01-15 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-04-03 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-07-24 — best price $9.992019-01-24 — best price $19.992019-07-22 — best price $9.992019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-09 — best price $2.492023-05-05 — best price $4.992023-10-25 — best price $0.992024-01-24 — best price $9.992024-06-19 — best price $2.992024-11-26 — best price $4.992025-01-24 — best price $4.992025-05-12 — best price $2.492025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $2.992026-08-12 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $2.992026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $2.992026-10-04 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1322026-05-30 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 9 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 4 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 5 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 7 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
86%
earned "Add Astra"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4251%20

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

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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