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The Captain is Dead

Thunderbox Entertainment · 2021-01-31

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 31, 2021 (iOS), Feb 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! This turn-based, survival/strategy puts you in the Captain's chair as you try to save your crew from being blown to bits by aliens...

The Captain is Dead is a 2021 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 to 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 83 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 83 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 83 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-10-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420212026Week of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992021-02-012026-07-092021-02-01 — best price $17.992021-03-25 — best price $15.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-09-03 — best price $15.992021-10-21 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $17.992021-12-23 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-02-11 — best price $14.992022-02-28 — best price $13.992022-06-23 — best price $11.992022-08-01 — best price $11.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $9.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-02-12 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-10-06 — best price $4.992024-11-13 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-07-02 — best price $9.992025-10-01 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
11%
earned "Master of Mechanisms"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-02-01 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Co-opRetroSpaceSci-fiStrategySurvivalTacticalIsometricBoard GameAtmospheric

Census log

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

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