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SteamWorld Heist

Image & Form Games · 2016-06-07

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 20, 2016 (Wii U), Jun 07, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 09, 2015 (Nintendo 3DS), Jun 07, 2016 (Linux), Q4 2016 (iOS), Jun 07, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

SteamWorld Heist is an RPG and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 6236 reviews).

10
playing now
94%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (104 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (2.7k downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (2,049 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

SteamWorld Heist is a turn-based tactics shooter video game developed and published by Image & Form. The third installment of the SteamWorld series and the sequel to SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Heist has the player control Captain Piper Faraday, a smuggler and occasional pirate, as she recruits a ragtag team of robots and sets out on a space adventure. The objective of the game is for players to board, loot, and shoot their way through enemy spaceships.

Trailer

SteamWorld Heist trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 192 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 156k–374k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,236 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$2.53-83%
GOG$2.99-80%
Humble Store$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 117 of 143 observed days · $2.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3852026-09-15 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 30 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 36 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
26315Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 135 · peak 434Oct 2016 — avg 28 · peak 119Feb 2017 — avg 250 · peak 1,083Jun 2017 — avg 263 · peak 613Oct 2017 — avg 58 · peak 142Feb 2018 — avg 49 · peak 107Jun 2018 — avg 81 · peak 169Oct 2018 — avg 27 · peak 74Feb 2019 — avg 31 · peak 74Jun 2019 — avg 61 · peak 165Oct 2019 — avg 19 · peak 42Feb 2020 — avg 23 · peak 51Jun 2020 — avg 22 · peak 65Oct 2020 — avg 18 · peak 45Feb 2021 — avg 20 · peak 55Jun 2021 — avg 30 · peak 77Oct 2021 — avg 18 · peak 49Feb 2022 — avg 18 · peak 84Jun 2022 — avg 20 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 20 · peak 51Feb 2023 — avg 48 · peak 124Jun 2023 — avg 33 · peak 99Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 49Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 38Jun 2024 — avg 52 · peak 113Oct 2024 — avg 54 · peak 131Feb 2025 — avg 28 · peak 71Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 94Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 40Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 47Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.992016-06-072026-10-142016-06-07 — best price $16.992016-12-22 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992018-02-27 — best price $14.992019-01-10 — best price $4.942019-11-21 — best price $4.492020-05-11 — best price $14.992020-08-16 — best price $13.392020-10-11 — best price $13.392020-11-28 — best price $3.742021-02-10 — best price $3.742021-04-22 — best price $14.992021-07-10 — best price $14.992021-10-01 — best price $14.992021-12-28 — best price $11.802022-04-09 — best price $14.992022-07-27 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-02-07 — best price $14.992023-05-11 — best price $12.882023-09-26 — best price $14.992024-01-14 — best price $4.492024-04-17 — best price $1.042024-06-22 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $1.032024-12-11 — best price $1.722025-03-19 — best price $2.242025-07-07 — best price $2.552025-10-09 — best price $1.492026-01-19 — best price $1.192026-05-23 — best price $14.992026-08-18 — best price $2.992026-09-20 — best price $2.242026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

144222026-05-31 — 43 pageviews2026-06-04 — 31 pageviews2026-06-08 — 44 pageviews2026-06-12 — 42 pageviews2026-06-16 — 33 pageviews2026-06-20 — 32 pageviews2026-06-24 — 26 pageviews2026-06-28 — 31 pageviews2026-07-02 — 35 pageviews2026-07-06 — 40 pageviews2026-07-10 — 45 pageviews2026-07-14 — 53 pageviews2026-07-18 — 122 pageviews2026-07-22 — 109 pageviews2026-07-26 — 68 pageviews2026-07-30 — 43 pageviews2026-08-03 — 50 pageviews2026-08-07 — 37 pageviews2026-08-11 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 37 pageviews2026-08-19 — 33 pageviews2026-08-23 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 40 pageviews2026-08-31 — 35 pageviews2026-09-04 — 28 pageviews2026-09-08 — 40 pageviews2026-09-12 — 40 pageviews2026-09-16 — 44 pageviews2026-09-20 — 40 pageviews2026-09-24 — 31 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 47 pageviews2026-10-06 — 33 pageviews2026-10-09 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "Tutorial Grind"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2016-06-07, latest 2016-09-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,3941%47
PS4 (PlayStation)3,9024%47
PS Vita (PlayStation)2,2037%47

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionRobotsSci-fiStrategyAdventureSteampunkTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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