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Slipways

Beetlewing · 2021-06-03

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Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 03, 2021 (Mac), Jun 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Weave isolated planets into a vast trade empire. Hatch plans. Research game-breaking technologies. Still be done in time for lunch. Enjoy the endless possibilities of a space grand strategy game in 60 minutes flat.

Slipways is a 2021 Strategy game priced at $16.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 2309 reviews).

12
playing now
93%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

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

MAKE TRADE, NOT WAR Colonize planets, carefully pick industries and hook everything up so that your planets support each other. Line everything up just right and watch your colonies evolve and grow, giving you even more options for profitable trade. Make long-term plans and bask in your own glory when that one last connection makes six planets upgrade at the same time and gives you the income you desperately need. There is no military aspect to pull your focus away from the economy. The game is more relaxed than your typical grand strategy. It's all about exploring space and its endless oppor(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (817 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 14,170 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,309 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.79 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 51 of 79 observed days · $10.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77277220212026Week of 2021-06-01: 772 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2552026-09-15 14:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35312Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 353 · peak 1,012Aug 2021 — avg 86 · peak 195Oct 2021 — avg 36 · peak 94Dec 2021 — avg 44 · peak 147Feb 2022 — avg 44 · peak 97Apr 2022 — avg 32 · peak 61Jun 2022 — avg 43 · peak 166Aug 2022 — avg 31 · peak 54Oct 2022 — avg 34 · peak 74Dec 2022 — avg 41 · peak 104Feb 2023 — avg 23 · peak 47Apr 2023 — avg 27 · peak 58Jun 2023 — avg 20 · peak 45Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 59Oct 2023 — avg 22 · peak 52Dec 2023 — avg 20 · peak 47Feb 2024 — avg 22 · peak 56Apr 2024 — avg 17 · peak 36Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 18 · peak 39Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 42Dec 2024 — avg 20 · peak 43Feb 2025 — avg 44 · peak 244Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 36Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 51Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 36Oct 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Dec 2025 — avg 21 · peak 55Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 29Jun 2026 — avg 14 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$6.792021-06-032026-10-152021-06-03 — best price $16.992021-11-08 — best price $15.292022-02-25 — best price $13.592022-08-15 — best price $11.042022-09-27 — best price $16.992022-12-08 — best price $11.892023-01-05 — best price $16.992023-04-27 — best price $9.852023-07-13 — best price $16.992023-10-02 — best price $8.492023-11-28 — best price $16.992024-01-08 — best price $8.492024-04-09 — best price $8.492024-05-20 — best price $16.992024-08-01 — best price $16.992024-09-17 — best price $8.492024-11-27 — best price $8.492025-01-03 — best price $16.992025-02-28 — best price $8.492025-04-03 — best price $16.992025-07-10 — best price $16.992025-09-25 — best price $8.492025-10-20 — best price $8.492025-12-18 — best price $6.792026-01-22 — best price $6.792026-02-20 — best price $8.492026-03-27 — best price $8.492026-06-25 — best price $6.792026-08-28 — best price $6.792026-09-02 — best price $6.792026-09-07 — best price $6.792026-09-12 — best price $16.992026-09-17 — best price $6.792026-09-22 — best price $6.792026-09-27 — best price $8.492026-10-02 — best price $8.492026-10-07 — best price $16.992026-10-12 — best price $16.992026-10-15 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
53.3%
earned "Don't Spend It All in One Place"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2640%72

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

4XPuzzleSci-fiEconomySandboxScienceBuildingRelaxingStrategyFuturistic

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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