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Space Pirates and Zombies

MinMax Games Ltd. · 2011-08-15

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 15, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2012 (Mac), Sep 18, 2012 (Linux)

Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

7
playing now
91%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Space Pirates and Zombies (S.P.A.Z.) is a real-time strategy video game released on August 15, 2011, on the Steam distribution platform. with a top-down perspective based around space combat. The game was developed by a two-man team under the studio MinMax Games using the Torque engine. The game was later ported for Mac OS X and Linux systems.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 127k–253k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,164 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-50%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2013-06-27) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 27 of 50 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2132026-08-06 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-05-15 — best price $3.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-09-21 — best price $4.992015-11-12 — best price $9.992016-01-11 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-11-03 — best price $4.992017-06-06 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-05-30 — best price $4.992019-09-23 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $3.992020-04-01 — best price $8.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-06-28 — best price $9.992022-11-04 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-09-12 — best price $4.992024-02-14 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-13 — best price $4.992025-01-20 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $4.992025-10-15 — best price $4.992026-02-12 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1622026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
53.8%
earned "Mr. Fixit"
18.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,0041%48

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceActionSci-fiPiratesShooterZombiesStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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