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Shortest Trip to Earth

Interactive Fate · 2019-08-15

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Shortest Trip to Earth is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $25.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (77% of 1436 reviews).

3
playing now
77%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (602 downloads)
39h
to beat · rushed 35h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$25.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (216 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,739 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,436 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-77%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.26 at GamesPlanet US (2020-07-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $25.99 · on sale 70 of 97 observed days · $1.73 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15215220182026Week of 2018-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3924Oct 2018Aug 2026Oct 2018 — avg 56 · peak 190Jan 2019 — avg 25 · peak 106Apr 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2019 — avg 22 · peak 57Oct 2019 — avg 57 · peak 137Jan 2020 — avg 43 · peak 96Apr 2020 — avg 61 · peak 172Jul 2020 — avg 31 · peak 61Oct 2020 — avg 46 · peak 143Jan 2021 — avg 23 · peak 62Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 42Jul 2021 — avg 29 · peak 75Oct 2021 — avg 21 · peak 56Jan 2022 — avg 21 · peak 47Apr 2022 — avg 15 · peak 43Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 31Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 20Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 18Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$25.99$4.262018-10-092026-10-142018-10-09 — best price $16.992018-12-29 — best price $18.992019-04-18 — best price $13.992019-07-21 — best price $16.232019-10-14 — best price $18.742020-01-02 — best price $24.992020-02-17 — best price $24.992020-05-27 — best price $12.492020-07-26 — best price $4.262020-10-02 — best price $22.392020-12-04 — best price $18.362021-02-01 — best price $12.492021-03-19 — best price $24.992021-05-15 — best price $18.742021-07-10 — best price $18.742021-09-10 — best price $7.492021-11-17 — best price $18.362022-01-03 — best price $24.992022-02-27 — best price $21.132022-05-04 — best price $24.992022-08-01 — best price $7.492022-10-24 — best price $7.492022-12-29 — best price $24.992023-03-20 — best price $7.492023-06-23 — best price $7.492023-09-30 — best price $21.992023-12-20 — best price $6.242024-02-27 — best price $21.992024-04-29 — best price $18.892024-07-27 — best price $20.462024-10-07 — best price $25.992025-01-11 — best price $25.992025-05-02 — best price $20.462025-11-25 — best price $6.492026-06-09 — best price $6.252026-09-13 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
44.7%
earned "The Rogue Rat blueprints"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-10-23, latest 2025-11-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3200%78

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

Player tags

SpaceSci-fiStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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