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Space Grunts cover art

Space Grunts

Orangepixel · 2016-01-12

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 05, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 03, 2016 (iOS), Feb 02, 2016 (Android), Jan 12, 2016 (Mac), Jan 12, 2016 (Linux)

A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!

Space Grunts is an Action, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 78 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 78 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 78 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 34 of 67 observed days · $9.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720152026Week of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.802015-09-152026-08-302015-09-15 — best price $9.992016-06-20 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $7.492017-02-13 — best price $9.992017-11-02 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $4.992018-06-04 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $3.792019-03-28 — best price $9.992019-07-17 — best price $5.242020-01-15 — best price $3.992020-05-21 — best price $9.992021-04-05 — best price $7.492022-07-18 — best price $5.992022-10-24 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $8.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-09-25 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-11-20 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $14.992025-03-12 — best price $9.992025-04-10 — best price $9.992025-07-17 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-12-11 — best price $9.992026-02-18 — best price $3.992026-04-09 — best price $3.992026-05-12 — best price $9.992026-05-20 — best price $9.892026-06-30 — best price $3.162026-08-12 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
21.9%
earned "Reached moonbase"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGRetroSpaceActionAliensSci-fiStrategyTop-DownDifficultRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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