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STEEL STRIDER

ASTRO PORT · Henteko Doujin · 2015-11-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 12, 2015 (Linux), Nov 12, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!

STEEL STRIDER is a 2015 Action and Indie game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 77 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 77 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2021-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.392015-11-122026-07-302015-11-12 — best price $5.392016-01-29 — best price $5.992016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-03-31 — best price $2.992017-09-07 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-04-30 — best price $2.992019-08-06 — best price $5.992019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-05-06 — best price $5.992020-11-02 — best price $5.992021-02-09 — best price $5.992021-05-31 — best price $5.992021-11-16 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $5.992022-09-02 — best price $5.992023-01-18 — best price $2.992023-05-20 — best price $2.992023-11-06 — best price $2.992024-02-26 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-03-03 — best price $3.592025-06-27 — best price $2.392025-10-27 — best price $2.992026-02-18 — best price $2.392026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
60.4%
earned "Untouchable"
20%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

2DIndieMechsActionShooterPlatformerShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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