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Space Commander: War and Trade

Home Net Games · 2020-11-04

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Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 04, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 04, 2020 (Mac), Nov 04, 2020 (Linux), May 13, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Fight, explore the stars, trade, and lead your fleet across the galaxySpace Commander: War and Trade is an ultimate single player space-sim featuring spectacular graphics, intuitive combat and deep mechanics.

Space Commander: War and Trade is an Action, Indie, RPG, and Free To Play game released in 2020, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 701 reviews).

8
playing now
68%
positive of 701 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (133 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10510520202026Week of 2020-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
643Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 64 · peak 164Jan 2021 — avg 41 · peak 79Mar 2021 — avg 19 · peak 39May 2021 — avg 16 · peak 45Jul 2021 — avg 11 · peak 26Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 30Nov 2021 — avg 13 · peak 29Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 24Mar 2022 — avg 12 · peak 27May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 26Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Jan 2024 — avg 15 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 14 · peak 34May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

3DRPGSpaceActionAliensFlightSci-fiEconomySpace SimAction RPG

Census log

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

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