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The Captain

Sysiac Games · Tomorrow Corporation · 2021-12-03

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2021 (Mac), Dec 03, 2021 (Linux), Dec 20, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?

The Captain is a 2021 Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (93% of 327 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 327 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 23:00 UTC (census sample)

You are Captain Thomas Welmu, a Spacefleet science officer, lost on the other side of the galaxy. Dark forces are en route to Earth to destroy our planet - and you are carrying the only thing that can stop them. You are... The Captain!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 93% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 29,640 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.5k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 327 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Oculus Store (2018-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 79 of 113 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120212026Week of 2021-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992018-09-212026-10-162018-09-21 — best price $4.992022-02-14 — best price $17.992022-04-19 — best price $19.992022-08-02 — best price $19.992022-10-28 — best price $14.592022-12-08 — best price $13.992023-01-26 — best price $13.992023-04-20 — best price $19.992023-06-09 — best price $19.992023-07-26 — best price $19.992023-10-17 — best price $9.992023-12-18 — best price $19.992024-02-09 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $9.992024-10-24 — best price $9.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-24 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $9.992025-10-23 — best price $9.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $7.992026-04-02 — best price $9.992026-05-14 — best price $7.992026-07-15 — best price $9.992026-08-20 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-05 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.992026-10-16 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
67.4%
earned "Completed Intro"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2363%9
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGRetroComedySci-fiAdventureOld SchoolStory RichExplorationThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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