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Screeps: Arena

Screeps, LLC · 2025-11-01

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 07, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 07, 2022 (Mac), Apr 07, 2022 (Linux)

Screeps: Arena is an online asynchronous PvP strategy game for programming enthusiasts. You write real JavaScript to control your units, and they fight autonomously against other players in a 1v1 match-based arena environment.

Screeps: Arena is a 2025 Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 84% of 126 reviews and an estimated owner count of 50,000 to 100,000.

11
playing now
84%
positive of 126 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 126 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.39 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720222026Week of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1242026-09-15 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
792Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 79 · peak 206Jun 2022 — avg 9 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$13.392022-04-072026-08-102022-04-07 — best price $17.992022-06-23 — best price $17.992022-08-29 — best price $17.992022-10-03 — best price $17.992022-11-22 — best price $17.992022-12-22 — best price $17.992023-01-30 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $17.992023-04-24 — best price $17.992023-06-05 — best price $17.992023-06-29 — best price $17.992023-09-11 — best price $17.992023-11-06 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $17.992023-12-21 — best price $17.992024-01-15 — best price $17.992024-03-15 — best price $17.992024-04-08 — best price $17.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-08-12 — best price $17.992024-10-28 — best price $17.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992024-12-20 — best price $15.992025-01-20 — best price $15.992025-03-03 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-05-05 — best price $15.992025-06-26 — best price $15.992025-08-26 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $17.992025-11-01 — best price $16.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-02-09 — best price $15.992026-03-19 — best price $13.392026-04-23 — best price $13.392026-06-01 — best price $13.992026-06-25 — best price $13.392026-07-27 — best price $13.392026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
6.4%
earned "Qualified"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PvPRTSBuildingStrategye-sportsAutomationProgrammingEarly AccessBase-BuildingTower Defense

Census log

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

Recent updates

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