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Star Wolves

X-Bow Software · Fulqrum Publishing · 2010-03-02

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 02, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Star wolves is a 3D space RPG with deep strategy and tactical elements. The game thrusts players into a world of freelance space hunters in the XXI-XXII century A.D. during a time of political crisis for the all-powerful Empire and the three mega-corporations that control all the known worlds.

Star Wolves is a $3.99 RPG and Strategy title released in 2010, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (84% of 466 reviews) sentiment.

8
playing now
84%
positive of 466 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Star Wolves is a real-time, futuristic video game developed by Russian video game developer X-bow Software combining role-playing and real-time tactics gameplay. It was first published in 2004 in Russia by 1C Company, and later in 2005 and 2006 in other parts of Europe and North America, respectively. A sequel, Star Wolves 2, was published in Russia in 2006 and in North America in 2007. Star Wolves 2: Civil War is the latest game in the series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 466 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.79-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.55 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 131 of 178 observed days · $0.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
132Jul 2012Jul 2026Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2012 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 24Jun 2015 — avg 6 · peak 24Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.562015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-06-22 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $1.202016-08-16 — best price $5.992017-04-13 — best price $0.992017-09-14 — best price $3.992018-04-23 — best price $3.912018-09-18 — best price $3.992019-02-06 — best price $0.792019-07-02 — best price $3.992019-11-22 — best price $0.792020-02-06 — best price $4.382020-05-16 — best price $3.392020-08-18 — best price $2.932020-11-24 — best price $3.992021-02-05 — best price $0.672021-05-10 — best price $0.672021-08-04 — best price $0.752021-11-01 — best price $0.632022-01-31 — best price $3.992022-05-02 — best price $3.422022-07-25 — best price $0.792022-11-17 — best price $3.992023-02-23 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $0.692023-11-09 — best price $0.672024-02-22 — best price $0.792024-06-03 — best price $0.682024-09-25 — best price $1.192025-01-06 — best price $3.792025-04-30 — best price $0.792025-08-02 — best price $0.722025-10-20 — best price $3.992025-12-31 — best price $3.992026-04-04 — best price $0.792026-07-11 — best price $3.202026-09-08 — best price $0.792026-10-13 — best price $0.792026-10-14 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-05-29 — 5 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 8 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 5 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 3 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

RPGSpaceSci-fiStrategyTacticalSingleplayerReal-Time with Pause

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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