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Terra Invicta

Pavonis Interactive · Hooded Horse · 2026-01-05

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Terra Invicta is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2026, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 9726 reviews).

1,219
playing now
80%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
41
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
150h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

1,219 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Terra Invicta is a science fiction grand strategy video game developed by Pavonis Interactive and published by Hooded Horse for Windows that was released in January 2026, following an early access release in September 2022. The game is set during an alien invasion of Earth, and has players control a human faction and complete their geopolitical objectives while colonizing space. Terra Invicta represents the first game that developer Pavonis Interactive has developed independently after their previous modding work with Long War for XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Reception to the early access release has been generally positive.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,219 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,335 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~292/week).
  • · Review velocity up 244% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 195k–438k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,726 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at AllYouPlay (2023-11-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $47.58 · on sale 163 of 165 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,513 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 980 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.6k02026-08-07 00:00 — 1,740 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 1,367 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 2,157 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 1,599 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 2,418 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 1,902 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 1,717 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 2,608 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2,093 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,206 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1,943 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1,782 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1,107 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1,834 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1,581 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1,043 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1,968 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2,040 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1,051 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1,253 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1,747 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1,254 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1,534 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1,720 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1,104 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1,062 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1,516 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 1,219 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$19.992022-09-262026-08-302022-09-26 — best price $34.222022-12-23 — best price $35.992023-03-09 — best price $31.992023-05-01 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $29.992023-08-03 — best price $39.992023-10-02 — best price $27.592023-11-13 — best price $27.992023-12-13 — best price $27.992024-01-25 — best price $27.992024-03-06 — best price $39.992024-04-14 — best price $27.992024-05-14 — best price $27.992024-07-01 — best price $27.992024-08-12 — best price $34.992024-09-19 — best price $27.992024-11-06 — best price $39.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992025-01-07 — best price $25.992025-02-26 — best price $39.992025-04-04 — best price $22.742025-05-09 — best price $25.992025-06-10 — best price $25.992025-07-18 — best price $39.592025-08-30 — best price $39.992025-09-25 — best price $25.992025-11-02 — best price $39.992025-12-04 — best price $35.992026-01-20 — best price $25.992026-02-19 — best price $39.992026-03-20 — best price $23.352026-04-20 — best price $34.992026-05-20 — best price $23.992026-06-19 — best price $23.992026-07-29 — best price $23.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

319732026-05-13 — 146 pageviews2026-05-16 — 147 pageviews2026-05-19 — 120 pageviews2026-05-22 — 155 pageviews2026-05-25 — 130 pageviews2026-05-28 — 128 pageviews2026-05-31 — 110 pageviews2026-06-03 — 99 pageviews2026-06-06 — 134 pageviews2026-06-09 — 97 pageviews2026-06-12 — 110 pageviews2026-06-15 — 105 pageviews2026-06-18 — 87 pageviews2026-06-21 — 81 pageviews2026-06-24 — 92 pageviews2026-06-27 — 99 pageviews2026-06-30 — 160 pageviews2026-07-03 — 132 pageviews2026-07-06 — 138 pageviews2026-07-09 — 111 pageviews2026-07-12 — 94 pageviews2026-07-15 — 73 pageviews2026-07-18 — 84 pageviews2026-07-21 — 120 pageviews2026-07-24 — 121 pageviews2026-07-27 — 209 pageviews2026-07-30 — 234 pageviews2026-08-02 — 157 pageviews2026-08-05 — 171 pageviews2026-08-08 — 101 pageviews2026-08-11 — 125 pageviews2026-08-14 — 109 pageviews2026-08-17 — 141 pageviews2026-08-20 — 125 pageviews2026-08-23 — 145 pageviews2026-08-24 — 143 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5102026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 41 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "The Eyes of the World Are Upon You"
19.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Czech, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,6710%100
Windows (Xbox)9580%100

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

4XWarEconomySandboxWargameMilitaryModdableStrategyDiplomacyHistorical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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