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The Captain is Dead

Thunderbox Entertainment · 2021-01-31

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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...

0
playing now
81%
positive of 83 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 73% of 5,944 Strategy games in the census by review count.
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 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 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).

Details

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

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Census log

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

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