The Game Census
Space Wars cover art

Space Wars

High and Wide · khukhrovr · 2020-04-24

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Defend Earth's orbital station from alien invaders in SPACE WARS, a fast-paced arcade shooter. Customize your ship, upgrade weapons, and battle through intense levels to save humanity in this action-packed space adventure.

82%
positive of 122 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 84% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 55% of 9,869 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 122 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-02-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820192026Week of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.392019-11-092026-09-062019-11-09 — best price $0.842020-01-16 — best price $0.992020-03-25 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $0.992020-10-26 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-01-18 — best price $0.992021-03-22 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-09-21 — best price $0.992021-11-16 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $1.792022-03-28 — best price $0.512022-07-07 — best price $10.992022-09-07 — best price $10.992022-11-29 — best price $10.992023-01-05 — best price $10.992023-02-24 — best price $0.392023-04-09 — best price $0.392023-06-30 — best price $0.392023-09-18 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-13 — best price $4.992024-05-11 — best price $4.992024-07-26 — best price $4.992024-10-23 — best price $4.992025-02-02 — best price $29.992025-04-30 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-06 — best price $29.992025-12-03 — best price $29.992026-02-24 — best price $29.992026-04-10 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-09-06 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
57.6%
earned " level 3"
13.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek…

Player tags

2DShortSpaceAliensArcadeCasualShooterSurvivalSpace SimHand-drawn

Census log

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

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