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Space Moth DX cover art

Space Moth DX

1CC Games · Chorus Worldwide Games · 2016-01-22

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and going to the Moon. Show them who's boss and blast your way into space! (Check out the all new SPACE MOTH: LUNAR EDITION, linked below!)

80%
positive of 136 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 21,113 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 136 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Fanatical (2025-10-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 68 of 111 observed days · $4.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$0.392016-01-222026-09-282016-01-22 — best price $5.992016-06-11 — best price $7.992016-09-01 — best price $0.992016-12-02 — best price $4.992017-03-20 — best price $0.802017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-12-12 — best price $0.492018-04-30 — best price $0.492018-08-06 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492020-03-25 — best price $0.492020-06-07 — best price $4.082020-07-08 — best price $3.662020-08-09 — best price $4.992020-09-14 — best price $3.662020-10-17 — best price $3.662022-02-03 — best price $4.992023-10-02 — best price $4.992024-07-04 — best price $4.992024-09-24 — best price $4.392024-11-15 — best price $0.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-20 — best price $1.002025-04-14 — best price $0.822025-06-03 — best price $0.492025-07-25 — best price $0.572025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-10-09 — best price $0.492025-11-21 — best price $0.392025-12-22 — best price $3.792026-01-30 — best price $4.992026-03-10 — best price $0.502026-04-11 — best price $3.922026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-07-13 — best price $0.402026-08-17 — best price $4.992026-09-28 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-03-10 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeDifficultBullet HellShoot 'Em UpPixel GraphicsGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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