The Game Census
Tachyon: The Fringe cover art

Tachyon: The Fringe

NovaLogic · 2009-06-18

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 30, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy — your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter. But, as you explore the vastly detailed world of Tachyon: The Fringe, you will often find that the most powerful weapon on your ship is in your head.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 248 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Tachyon: The Fringe is a Space combat simulation video game developed and published in 2000 by Novalogic. It features the voice acting of Bruce Campbell as main character Jake Logan in a 3-D space simulator. Tachyon was developed by Randy Casey, who had previously written two other titles for Novalogic: F-22 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 55% of 6,730 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.9k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 248 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.50-75%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at WinGameStore (2024-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 50 of 81 observed days · $8.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.76$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.392017-02-13 — best price $9.992017-06-23 — best price $2.492017-10-26 — best price $9.282018-04-16 — best price $2.502018-08-27 — best price $9.992018-12-06 — best price $2.502019-04-26 — best price $9.992019-08-04 — best price $7.222019-11-09 — best price $2.492020-01-11 — best price $8.392020-05-27 — best price $2.492020-09-21 — best price $9.992021-01-07 — best price $9.992021-06-21 — best price $9.992021-09-16 — best price $2.492021-12-16 — best price $2.502022-03-11 — best price $2.492022-07-08 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $2.492023-01-06 — best price $9.992023-04-10 — best price $9.992023-07-20 — best price $8.392023-11-01 — best price $2.492024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-05-10 — best price $2.502024-09-02 — best price $2.502024-12-11 — best price $2.492025-03-03 — best price $1.952025-05-22 — best price $9.992025-09-09 — best price $9.992025-12-07 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $2.502026-06-22 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

SpaceSci-fiClassicSpace SimSimulation

Census log

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

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