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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?

2
playing now
93%
positive of 328 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 47% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 328 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 45 of 75 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992018-09-212026-08-302018-09-21 — best price $4.992022-01-31 — best price $19.992022-04-06 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $14.992022-08-22 — best price $14.992022-10-28 — best price $14.592022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $13.992023-06-09 — best price $19.992023-07-18 — best price $9.992023-09-14 — best price $9.992023-11-17 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-09 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-05-01 — best price $9.992024-06-19 — best price $9.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-10-24 — best price $9.992024-11-26 — best price $9.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-27 — best price $9.992025-04-30 — best price $9.992025-06-10 — best price $9.992025-08-07 — best price $9.992025-09-22 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-04-15 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $11.992026-07-15 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

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

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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