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Syder Arcade

Studio Evil · 2013-10-24

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 03, 2014 (Android), Jan 28, 2013 (iOS), Oct 24, 2013 (Mac), Oct 24, 2013 (Linux), Oct 24, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.

Syder Arcade is a $9.99 Action, Indie game released in 2013, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 695 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 696 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 696 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-02-02) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620152026Week of 2015-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-09-21 — best price $9.992016-01-29 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-07-10 — best price $7.492017-11-16 — best price $2.492018-01-22 — best price $4.992018-05-24 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-22 — best price $7.492020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-05-18 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-05-24 — best price $9.992022-10-24 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-03-24 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992026-03-12 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $0.992026-07-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
63.2%
earned "Space Turtle I"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,9373%40

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

Player tags

IndieRetroSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiShooterSurvivalDifficultOld School

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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