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Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) cover art

Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)

MicroProse Software, Inc · Atari · 2014-10-09

SteamGOG

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 03, 1990 (DOS), Jul 24, 2014 (Linux), Jan 16, 2014 (Mac), Jan 16, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1991 (Amiga)

Sid Meier's Covert Action - A Techno-Thriller From the Case Files of Max Remington.

Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) is an Adventure and Simulation game released in 2014, priced at $1.04, with Very Positive (90% of 171 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 171 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.04
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Sid Meier's Covert Action is an action and strategy video game released in 1990 by MicroProse for MS-DOSs and Amiga. The player takes the role of Max Remington, a skilled and deadly free agent hired by the Central Intelligence Agency, and investigates criminal and terrorist plots and activities. Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally published it through its Retroism brand in 2015.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 171 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.97 at Steam (2015-08-24) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 40 of 64 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220142026Week of 2014-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71Oct 2014Sep 2024Oct 2014 — avg 7 · peak 40Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.892015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-06-26 — best price $6.992015-12-22 — best price $1.742016-05-02 — best price $6.992016-09-19 — best price $6.992016-11-23 — best price $1.742017-03-30 — best price $1.742017-09-04 — best price $6.992017-12-11 — best price $2.092018-03-19 — best price $2.092018-07-17 — best price $5.592018-11-01 — best price $6.992019-01-10 — best price $6.992019-04-26 — best price $6.992019-08-30 — best price $2.102019-11-04 — best price $6.992020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-03-16 — best price $1.782020-05-11 — best price $2.092020-08-08 — best price $2.092020-11-23 — best price $2.102021-02-11 — best price $2.092021-06-14 — best price $2.092021-08-31 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-02-14 — best price $2.092022-05-23 — best price $6.992023-03-13 — best price $6.992024-02-12 — best price $6.992024-11-22 — best price $1.402025-01-02 — best price $6.222025-07-25 — best price $1.742026-02-28 — best price $1.392026-08-30 — best price $0.892026-09-11 — best price $5.992026-09-23 — best price $5.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4932026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 16 pageviews2026-07-15 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 14 pageviews2026-09-01 — 13 pageviews2026-09-05 — 15 pageviews2026-09-09 — 16 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 15 pageviews2026-09-25 — 20 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 23 pageviews2026-10-10 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PuzzleClassicAdventureSimulationPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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