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Subspace Continuum cover art

Subspace Continuum

Virgin Interactive Entertainment · Subspace Continuum · 2015-07-03

Steam

ActionCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 27, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

THE legendary free online multiplayer space shooter! Addictive, fast-paced, easy to learn, and impossible to master.

Subspace Continuum is a free-to-play Action, Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2015, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 636 reviews).

6
playing now
88%
positive of 636 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2232026-09-15 03:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
686Jul 2015Aug 2026Jul 2015 — avg 68 · peak 202Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 29Mar 2016 — avg 9 · peak 22Jul 2016 — avg 9 · peak 20Nov 2016 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2017 — avg 12 · peak 26Jul 2017 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2017 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2018 — avg 11 · peak 27Jul 2018 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2018 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 34Jul 2019 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2019 — avg 9 · peak 26Mar 2020 — avg 15 · peak 42Jul 2020 — avg 16 · peak 43Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 46Mar 2021 — avg 17 · peak 48Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31Nov 2021 — avg 15 · peak 40Mar 2022 — avg 15 · peak 41Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 47Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 34Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 41Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 22 · peak 54Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 46Jul 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 39Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 37Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

1
achievements tracked
0%
earned "First"
0%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerPartial Controller SupportStatsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)0—1

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

Player tags

2DSpaceActionCasualMultiplayerFree to PlayMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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