The Game Census
Satellite Reign cover art

Satellite Reign

5 Lives Studios · 2015-08-27

SteamGOG

ActionIndieStrategy

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

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.

Satellite Reign is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2015, estimated to have 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners, priced at $29.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 5367 reviews).

6
playing now
71%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Satellite Reign trailer thumbnail

Satellite Reign - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 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 7% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 134k–323k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,375 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%

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 28 of 80 observed days · $3.00 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

1912026-09-15 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7634Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 17 · peak 100Apr 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2015 — avg 182 · peak 1,895Dec 2015 — avg 128 · peak 551Apr 2016 — avg 34 · peak 77Aug 2016 — avg 62 · peak 165Dec 2016 — avg 91 · peak 500Apr 2017 — avg 23 · peak 58Aug 2017 — avg 26 · peak 61Dec 2017 — avg 60 · peak 136Apr 2018 — avg 763 · peak 7,202Aug 2018 — avg 57 · peak 118Dec 2018 — avg 58 · peak 117Apr 2019 — avg 34 · peak 72Aug 2019 — avg 32 · peak 75Dec 2019 — avg 33 · peak 79Apr 2020 — avg 42 · peak 99Aug 2020 — avg 23 · peak 50Dec 2020 — avg 30 · peak 63Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 36Aug 2021 — avg 20 · peak 50Dec 2021 — avg 19 · peak 45Apr 2022 — avg 14 · peak 42Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 35Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 36Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 29Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2025 — avg 21 · peak 635Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $26.992015-09-03 — best price $29.992015-12-18 — best price $17.992016-02-08 — best price $29.992016-05-27 — best price $22.492016-11-03 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $29.992017-04-28 — best price $29.992017-07-17 — best price $29.992017-11-16 — best price $2.992018-02-15 — best price $9.892018-06-18 — best price $4.492018-10-26 — best price $4.492019-01-24 — best price $29.992019-06-18 — best price $29.992019-10-28 — best price $4.492020-01-22 — best price $4.492020-07-09 — best price $29.992021-01-04 — best price $29.992021-09-21 — best price $2.992022-05-06 — best price $5.992023-07-04 — best price $29.992023-11-15 — best price $29.992024-04-30 — best price $14.992024-07-18 — best price $29.992025-02-05 — best price $5.992025-05-19 — best price $5.992025-10-09 — best price $5.992026-04-03 — best price $5.992026-07-17 — best price $29.992026-08-31 — best price $29.992026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $29.992026-10-06 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

287172026-05-31 — 33 pageviews2026-06-04 — 21 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-12 — 22 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-20 — 29 pageviews2026-06-24 — 69 pageviews2026-06-28 — 36 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-10 — 20 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 47 pageviews2026-07-26 — 31 pageviews2026-07-30 — 28 pageviews2026-08-03 — 38 pageviews2026-08-07 — 43 pageviews2026-08-11 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-19 — 35 pageviews2026-08-23 — 37 pageviews2026-08-27 — 35 pageviews2026-08-31 — 25 pageviews2026-09-04 — 38 pageviews2026-09-08 — 36 pageviews2026-09-12 — 46 pageviews2026-09-16 — 45 pageviews2026-09-20 — 21 pageviews2026-09-24 — 22 pageviews2026-09-28 — 47 pageviews2026-10-02 — 47 pageviews2026-10-06 — 77 pageviews2026-10-10 — 45 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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2015-08-21, latest 2015-08-24 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionSci-fiStealthStrategyTacticalTop-DownCyberpunk

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsImagine EarthRimWorldForce of NatureDude SimulatorBANNERMENCyberpunk 2077

Similarity via IGDB.

Wikipedia ↗Official site ↗