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Space Gladiators cover art

Space Gladiators

Blobfish · 2021-03-10

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 17, 2024 (Android), Jun 10, 2024 (iOS), Oct 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 04, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 04, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 04, 2023 (Xbox One)

Ever dreamt of being a space potato? Now’s your chance! Space Gladiators is a 2D hand-drawn roguelite platformer following a bunch of captives fighting their way out of a planet prison. Defeat hordes of aliens in the gladiatorial arenas and earn your freedom!

Space Gladiators is an Action and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 479 reviews).

2
playing now
90%
positive of 479 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.88★
PlayStation Store rating (52 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

We're following a bunch of prisoners trying to escape an alien planet called Tartarus.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.6k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 479 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2022-09-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 9 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620192026Week of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
191Apr 2020Aug 2026Apr 2020 — avg 9 · peak 30Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 9 · peak 30Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 24Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 44Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 29Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 35Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$5.992019-10-222026-10-092019-10-22 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-10-05 — best price $11.242020-11-25 — best price $11.242021-02-11 — best price $11.992021-06-24 — best price $11.242021-10-28 — best price $11.242021-12-22 — best price $9.742022-02-14 — best price $9.742022-05-02 — best price $8.242022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-08-22 — best price $6.742022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-02-13 — best price $5.992023-05-04 — best price $7.492023-09-21 — best price $7.492023-12-22 — best price $7.492024-02-12 — best price $7.492024-04-01 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-09-09 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-05-28 — best price $7.492025-07-11 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-03 — best price $7.492026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-06-08 — best price $7.492026-07-22 — best price $7.492026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "Rookie"
15.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9421%110
Xbox One (Xbox)2231%37
PS4 (PlayStation)965%38
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieActionDifficultHand-drawnRogue-litePerma DeathReplay ValueSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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