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Satellite Reign cover art

Satellite Reign

5 Lives Studios · 2015-08-27

SteamGOG

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 27, 2015 (Linux), Aug 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2015 (Mac)

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

18
playing now
71%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 45h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Satellite Reign is a 2015 cyberpunk real-time tactics video game developed and published by 5 Lives Studios. The game was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in August 2015. It is a spiritual successor to the Syndicate series, which co-founder and programmer Mike Diskett had worked on. The name of the game is derived from one of the weapons featured in Syndicate Wars called "Satellite Rain". It received positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 134k–322k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,367 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2017-11-16) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 22 of 38 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4742026-08-06 21:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 45 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $26.992015-06-22 — best price $29.992015-12-04 — best price $29.992016-01-15 — best price $9.892016-03-25 — best price $10.192016-06-08 — best price $14.992016-11-03 — best price $9.992016-12-20 — best price $11.992017-03-13 — best price $29.992017-06-06 — best price $4.492017-09-14 — best price $4.492017-11-28 — best price $29.992018-02-15 — best price $9.892018-05-10 — best price $4.492018-08-30 — best price $4.492018-12-13 — best price $4.492019-02-11 — best price $29.992019-07-01 — best price $4.492019-10-28 — best price $4.492020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-05-21 — best price $29.992020-10-09 — best price $29.992021-02-11 — best price $14.992021-11-19 — best price $5.992022-05-06 — best price $5.992023-06-06 — best price $29.992023-10-20 — best price $29.992024-01-12 — best price $5.992024-05-21 — best price $14.992024-08-09 — best price $29.992025-02-05 — best price $5.992025-05-08 — best price $5.992025-08-01 — best price $5.992026-01-08 — best price $5.992026-05-01 — best price $5.992026-08-06 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

287152026-05-31 — 33 pageviews2026-06-03 — 22 pageviews2026-06-06 — 36 pageviews2026-06-09 — 34 pageviews2026-06-12 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-21 — 35 pageviews2026-06-24 — 69 pageviews2026-06-27 — 45 pageviews2026-06-30 — 19 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-09 — 41 pageviews2026-07-12 — 48 pageviews2026-07-15 — 20 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-21 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 46 pageviews2026-07-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-30 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 43 pageviews2026-08-08 — 33 pageviews2026-08-11 — 34 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 32 pageviews2026-08-20 — 33 pageviews2026-08-23 — 37 pageviews2026-08-26 — 28 pageviews2026-08-28 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
61.8%
earned "First Blood"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements3 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,1911%40

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionSci-fiStealthStrategyTacticalTop-DownCyberpunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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