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Terra Invicta

Pavonis Interactive · Hooded Horse · 2026-01-05

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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).

546
playing now
80%
positive of 10.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
18
twitch viewers (latest)
9.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
67
Nexus mods (41k downloads)
150h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

546 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Terra Invicta trailer thumbnail

Terra Invicta - Official Launch Trailer

≈335,864 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 546 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 3% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 200k–449k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,986 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 186 of 188 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

1.4k4482026-09-15 13:00 — 857 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 960 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 642 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1,080 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1,382 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 694 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 716 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 1,087 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 767 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 912 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 988 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 720 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 587 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 884 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 913 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 490 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 776 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 657 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 481 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 876 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 987 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 463 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 546 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.8k371Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 4,841 · peak 9,826Dec 2022 — avg 842 · peak 1,591Feb 2023 — avg 666 · peak 1,387Apr 2023 — avg 398 · peak 678Jun 2023 — avg 396 · peak 649Aug 2023 — avg 493 · peak 1,017Oct 2023 — avg 497 · peak 913Dec 2023 — avg 428 · peak 749Feb 2024 — avg 506 · peak 872Apr 2024 — avg 639 · peak 1,332Jun 2024 — avg 542 · peak 968Aug 2024 — avg 468 · peak 806Oct 2024 — avg 527 · peak 975Dec 2024 — avg 474 · peak 786Feb 2025 — avg 444 · peak 790Apr 2025 — avg 902 · peak 1,576Jun 2025 — avg 588 · peak 1,103Aug 2025 — avg 453 · peak 742Oct 2025 — avg 503 · peak 839Dec 2025 — avg 647 · peak 1,237Feb 2026 — avg 1,665 · peak 3,418Apr 2026 — avg 812 · peak 1,367Jun 2026 — avg 583 · peak 971Aug 2026 — avg 1,591 · peak 3,043
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 9 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$19.992022-09-262026-10-142022-09-26 — 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 $19.992026-09-14 — best price $39.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

319802026-05-13 — 146 pageviews2026-05-17 — 138 pageviews2026-05-21 — 133 pageviews2026-05-25 — 130 pageviews2026-05-29 — 169 pageviews2026-06-02 — 134 pageviews2026-06-06 — 134 pageviews2026-06-10 — 91 pageviews2026-06-14 — 111 pageviews2026-06-18 — 87 pageviews2026-06-22 — 80 pageviews2026-06-26 — 96 pageviews2026-06-30 — 160 pageviews2026-07-04 — 121 pageviews2026-07-08 — 131 pageviews2026-07-12 — 94 pageviews2026-07-16 — 95 pageviews2026-07-20 — 93 pageviews2026-07-24 — 121 pageviews2026-07-28 — 319 pageviews2026-08-01 — 167 pageviews2026-08-05 — 171 pageviews2026-08-09 — 132 pageviews2026-08-13 — 127 pageviews2026-08-17 — 141 pageviews2026-08-21 — 144 pageviews2026-08-25 — 142 pageviews2026-08-29 — 131 pageviews2026-09-02 — 125 pageviews2026-09-06 — 147 pageviews2026-09-10 — 110 pageviews2026-09-14 — 131 pageviews2026-09-18 — 119 pageviews2026-09-22 — 114 pageviews2026-09-26 — 110 pageviews2026-09-30 — 110 pageviews2026-10-04 — 111 pageviews2026-10-08 — 99 pageviews2026-10-12 — 100 pageviews2026-10-13 — 107 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1802026-09-30 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 18 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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-07-27 (Steam store data)

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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