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The Red Solstice

Ironward · 2015-07-09

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: Jul 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.

The Red Solstice is a 2015 Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (71% of 2557 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The Red Solstice is a tactical shooter, survival game, developed and published by Ironward for Windows. It entered early access in July 2014 and released on 10 July 2015. It is the first installment in The Red Solstice video game series. The Red Solstice had been in development for two and a half years. It uses an Ironward-created game engine, Razor.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 64k–153k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,557 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-06-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 23 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k2Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 366 · peak 1,255Nov 2014 — avg 28 · peak 103Mar 2015 — avg 19 · peak 50Jul 2015 — avg 109 · peak 321Nov 2015 — avg 24 · peak 98Mar 2016 — avg 26 · peak 83Jul 2016 — avg 49 · peak 163Nov 2016 — avg 18 · peak 60Mar 2017 — avg 11 · peak 31Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 35Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 34Mar 2018 — avg 143 · peak 1,061Jul 2018 — avg 36 · peak 198Nov 2018 — avg 34 · peak 922Mar 2019 — avg 14 · peak 41Jul 2019 — avg 20 · peak 136Nov 2019 — avg 13 · peak 79Mar 2020 — avg 11 · peak 28Jul 2020 — avg 13 · peak 43Nov 2020 — avg 9 · peak 74Mar 2021 — avg 8 · peak 29Jul 2021 — avg 11 · peak 34Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 72Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-07-09 — best price $19.992015-11-02 — best price $19.992016-01-15 — best price $19.992016-06-14 — best price $19.992016-07-30 — best price $11.292016-09-22 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-02-16 — best price $19.992017-05-29 — best price $19.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992018-01-15 — best price $0.002018-02-15 — best price $1.992018-05-24 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $2.492020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-10-29 — best price $3.992021-02-11 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-04-03 — best price $0.992023-10-26 — best price $3.492024-02-06 — best price $0.992024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-08-19 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-27 — best price $9.992025-08-18 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-04-16 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $0.992026-09-20 — best price $0.992026-10-07 — best price $0.992026-10-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-03 — 15 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 2 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 5 pageviews2026-09-11 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 2 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 10 pageviews2026-10-05 — 8 pageviews2026-10-08 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
25.5%
earned "M.E.R.C.S. Armor"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam Cloud3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2015-09-21, latest 2018-02-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,2374%73

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

RTSCo-opAliensSci-fiStrategyTacticalTop-DownReal-TimeAtmosphericKickstarter

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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