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Relentless Expanse

Cowmera Games · 2025-01-14

Steam

IndieStrategyFree To PlayEarly Access

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

Releases: Jan 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Capture and upgrade planets, outsmart your enemies, and conquer the galaxy! Simple yet addicting, you can play alone or outsmart your friends in this 2D top-down space RTS. Completely free, no monetization, just fun!

Relentless Expanse is a free-to-play Indie, Strategy, Free To Play, and Early Access game released in 2025, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (91% of 111 reviews).

5
playing now
91%
positive of 111 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (30 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 52,272 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820252026Week of 2025-01-14: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-18 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-16 23:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "Solar System Conqueror"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DPvPRTSWarSpaceSci-fiEconomyStrategyTacticalTop-Down

Census log

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

Recent updates

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