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Space Merchants: Arena cover art

Space Merchants: Arena

Playito.com · 2016-11-04

Steam

ActionCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 04, 2016 (Mac), Nov 04, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 04, 2016 (Linux)

Space Merchants: Arena is a cross-platform online multiplayer game where futuristic spaceships engage in intense dogfights.3 game modes: Free for all/Team battle/Capture the Artefact.4 different maps: Faarlands, Tristar, Jupiter, Naussike system.Online leaderboards

Space Merchants: Arena is an Action, Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2016, priced at $6.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (62% of 26 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 26 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.60 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.602016-11-042026-08-102016-11-04 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $4.442017-04-06 — best price $3.492017-06-22 — best price $3.492017-11-22 — best price $3.492017-12-21 — best price $3.492018-02-15 — best price $3.492018-06-21 — best price $3.492018-11-21 — best price $1.742018-12-20 — best price $1.742019-02-04 — best price $1.602019-06-25 — best price $2.092020-06-25 — best price $3.492020-10-26 — best price $3.492020-12-22 — best price $3.492021-11-15 — best price $3.912021-11-24 — best price $4.192021-12-22 — best price $3.492022-07-18 — best price $2.372022-11-23 — best price $3.492022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-03-16 — best price $3.492023-06-29 — best price $3.492023-11-13 — best price $3.492023-11-21 — best price $3.492023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-06-27 — best price $3.492025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-06-26 — best price $3.492025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-11-17 — best price $3.492025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-08-03 — best price $3.492026-08-10 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
5.7%
earned "Mishap"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR Supported

2 supported languages: English, Czech

Player tags

3DVRPvPRPGSpacePhysicsShooterTradingCyberpunkSpace Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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