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Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

Kerberos Productions Inc. · Paradox Interactive · 2010-06-04

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 18, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.

Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is a 2010 Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 709 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

10
playing now
88%
positive of 709 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Sword of the Stars is a space 4X game developed by Kerberos Productions. In the game the player chooses one of four unique races to form an interstellar empire and conquer the galaxy. In order to win, the player must expand territory by colonizing new star systems, exploit the resources available to their colonies, design and build starships, and improve their empire's technology through research and strategy.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 14,417 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 709 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2015-02-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 44 of 84 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

38102026-09-16 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 18 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5919Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 59 · peak 108Dec 2012 — avg 41 · peak 80May 2013 — avg 28 · peak 58Oct 2013 — avg 28 · peak 66Mar 2014 — avg 33 · peak 72Aug 2014 — avg 42 · peak 91Jan 2015 — avg 43 · peak 103Jun 2015 — avg 37 · peak 82Nov 2015 — avg 34 · peak 71Apr 2016 — avg 38 · peak 80Sep 2016 — avg 37 · peak 92Feb 2017 — avg 29 · peak 53Jul 2017 — avg 24 · peak 59Dec 2017 — avg 26 · peak 49May 2018 — avg 23 · peak 47Oct 2018 — avg 22 · peak 49Mar 2019 — avg 21 · peak 51Aug 2019 — avg 24 · peak 52Jan 2020 — avg 26 · peak 51Jun 2020 — avg 25 · peak 47Nov 2020 — avg 25 · peak 59Apr 2021 — avg 20 · peak 39Sep 2021 — avg 23 · peak 53Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 49Jul 2022 — avg 22 · peak 47Dec 2022 — avg 22 · peak 45May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 42Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 39Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 46Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 52Jan 2025 — avg 21 · peak 45Jun 2025 — avg 20 · peak 39Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 40Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-162015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-03-14 — best price $19.992015-08-17 — best price $24.992016-01-01 — best price $9.992016-04-25 — best price $2.492016-10-28 — best price $2.492017-04-10 — best price $9.992017-09-13 — best price $9.992018-04-30 — best price $2.492018-09-04 — best price $7.492019-01-14 — best price $2.492019-04-29 — best price $2.492019-09-17 — best price $2.492019-11-28 — best price $2.492020-03-12 — best price $9.992020-06-23 — best price $9.992020-09-14 — best price $9.992020-12-24 — best price $1.992021-04-05 — best price $9.992021-08-20 — best price $2.492021-12-13 — best price $2.492022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $2.492022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $2.492024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-09-10 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-16 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11162026-05-31 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 13 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 17 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 23 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 41 pageviews2026-08-31 — 10 pageviews2026-09-04 — 18 pageviews2026-09-08 — 30 pageviews2026-09-12 — 22 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 19 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 24 pageviews2026-10-02 — 10 pageviews2026-10-06 — 17 pageviews2026-10-09 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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