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Tachyon: The Fringe cover art

Tachyon: The Fringe

NovaLogic · 2009-06-18

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

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.

Tachyon: The Fringe is a Simulation game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 248 reviews).

1
playing now
89%
positive of 248 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (2 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.9k–20k copies

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

Current store prices

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 57 of 115 observed days · $8.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.76$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $2.492026-09-01 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3782026-05-31 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 27 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-14 — 13 pageviews2026-07-18 — 19 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 23 pageviews2026-09-08 — 18 pageviews2026-09-12 — 13 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 16 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 20 pageviews2026-10-02 — 34 pageviews2026-10-06 — 10 pageviews2026-10-09 — 13 pageviews
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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Similarity via IGDB.

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