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Steam Marines

Worthless Bums · 2014-09-24

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 24, 2014 (Mac), Sep 24, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2014 (Linux)

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Steam Marines is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 333 reviews).

0
playing now
50%
positive of 333 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 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 (51 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.3k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 333 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Humble Store (2015-05-13) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120132026Week of 2013-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.242015-01-012022-01-052015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-03-02 — best price $4.492015-04-23 — best price $4.492015-05-08 — best price $5.092015-05-15 — best price $5.092015-06-11 — best price $5.092015-07-06 — best price $4.942015-08-28 — best price $8.992015-09-12 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-04-02 — best price $19.992016-05-20 — best price $19.992016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-09-05 — best price $19.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-05-11 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-09-07 — best price $4.992017-11-16 — best price $4.992018-10-29 — best price $9.992018-11-15 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
13.8%
earned "Command Death"
0.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8641%15

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

Player tags

RPGIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyTacticalDifficultSteampunkRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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