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Space Invaders Extreme

TAITO CORP. · KOMODO · 2018-02-12

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Franchise: Space Invaders · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 21, 2008 (Nintendo DS), Feb 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 17, 2008 (PlayStation Portable), May 06, 2009 (Xbox 360)

The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?

87%
positive of 275 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)
Space Invaders Extreme is a re-vamped incarnation of the arcade video game Space Invaders. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions were released to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders. An HD version was remastered by Backbone Entertainment for Xbox Live Arcade with new four-player multiplayer modes and visualizer backgrounds by Jeff Minter, it was released on 6 May 2009 as a wrap-up to the 30th anniversary. The game is played at a fast pace with an electronic soundtrack and sound effects.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 19,297 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.9k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 275 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-04-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 23 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$4.992018-02-142026-09-212018-02-14 — best price $17.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-10-30 — best price $13.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $13.992019-09-11 — best price $13.992019-12-12 — best price $13.992020-01-11 — best price $13.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-05-07 — best price $9.792020-08-24 — best price $19.992020-10-01 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $9.792021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $9.792022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-08-19 — best price $7.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-04-28 — best price $7.992023-06-28 — best price $19.992023-09-01 — best price $7.992023-11-05 — best price $7.992023-12-18 — best price $7.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-06-21 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $4.992026-09-21 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4282026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 37 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-09 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 30 pageviews2026-07-21 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 29 pageviews2026-08-02 — 41 pageviews2026-08-05 — 25 pageviews2026-08-08 — 22 pageviews2026-08-11 — 28 pageviews2026-08-14 — 32 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-20 — 27 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-26 — 24 pageviews2026-08-29 — 23 pageviews2026-09-01 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 20 pageviews2026-09-07 — 32 pageviews2026-09-10 — 28 pageviews2026-09-13 — 27 pageviews2026-09-16 — 18 pageviews2026-09-19 — 40 pageviews2026-09-22 — 34 pageviews2026-09-24 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "Rate Up"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)4,2134%12
Steam (Steam)1,2700%70

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

Player tags

2DRetroSpaceActionArcadeShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

Players also track

Symphony

Similarity via IGDB.

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