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Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius

Love in Space · Sekai Project · 2014-07-09

SteamGOG

IndieRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 03, 2014 (Linux), Jun 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 03, 2014 (Mac)

As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.

Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius is an Indie, RPG, Strategy, and Free To Play game released in 2014, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2802 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 48 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1242Jul 2014Jul 2026Jul 2014 — avg 117 · peak 423Nov 2014 — avg 81 · peak 186Mar 2015 — avg 47 · peak 89Jul 2015 — avg 52 · peak 88Nov 2015 — avg 24 · peak 60Mar 2016 — avg 47 · peak 138Jul 2016 — avg 27 · peak 66Nov 2016 — avg 16 · peak 34Mar 2017 — avg 18 · peak 45Jul 2017 — avg 19 · peak 42Nov 2017 — avg 15 · peak 38Mar 2018 — avg 18 · peak 37Jul 2018 — avg 13 · peak 31Nov 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2019 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Jul 2020 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 14Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.00$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.002026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.002026-09-01 — best price $0.002026-09-03 — best price $0.002026-09-05 — best price $0.002026-09-07 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-09-13 — best price $0.002026-09-15 — best price $0.002026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-09-19 — best price $0.002026-09-21 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-09-29 — best price $0.002026-10-01 — best price $0.002026-10-03 — best price $0.002026-10-05 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.002026-10-11 — best price $0.002026-10-13 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-player

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieMechsSpaceNuditySci-fiStrategyStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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