The Game Census
SQUIDS FROM SPACE cover art

SQUIDS FROM SPACE

Fun Bits · 2017-06-16

Steam

ActionCasualIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

SQUIDS FROM SPACE is an 8v8, team-based PvP top-down shooter where humans and the sinister Squid aliens wage war for the future of the Earth!

86%
positive of 238 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 22,860 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-12-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920172026Week of 2017-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.002017-06-162021-01-162017-06-16 — best price $8.492017-06-17 — best price $8.492017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-09-02 — best price $7.492017-09-07 — best price $6.992017-09-16 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992017-10-12 — best price $7.992017-10-16 — best price $9.992017-11-16 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $2.492018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-02-08 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-05-10 — best price $2.492018-05-24 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $1.492018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $1.492018-09-13 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-03 — best price $2.992018-11-15 — best price $0.982018-11-27 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-01-04 — best price $2.992019-02-05 — best price $0.502019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-04-22 — best price $1.492019-04-30 — best price $2.992019-08-29 — best price $0.502019-09-12 — best price $2.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFull controller supportFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-10-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RTSFunnyIndieRetroSpaceActionAliensCasualTop-DownTeam-Based

Census log

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

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