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The Spatials: Galactology cover art

The Spatials: Galactology

Weird and Wry · 2018-04-18

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 07, 2016 (Linux), Jul 07, 2016 (Mac), Jul 07, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.

69%
positive of 256 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.59
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 41,930 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.4k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 256 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.59-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2024-09-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 5 of 12 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620162025Week of 2016-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$2.592016-07-072026-10-012016-07-07 — best price $9.742016-11-23 — best price $9.742017-03-23 — best price $12.992017-09-18 — best price $12.992018-01-25 — best price $12.992018-09-13 — best price $12.992019-04-22 — best price $12.992019-12-03 — best price $7.142020-05-07 — best price $6.492020-06-06 — best price $12.992020-06-25 — best price $5.192020-07-21 — best price $11.582020-08-11 — best price $11.582020-08-29 — best price $9.542020-09-27 — best price $12.992020-10-18 — best price $12.992020-11-04 — best price $11.582020-11-25 — best price $4.542020-12-16 — best price $11.582021-01-11 — best price $11.582021-01-30 — best price $11.582021-02-17 — best price $12.992021-03-09 — best price $12.992021-03-27 — best price $12.992021-04-16 — best price $12.992021-05-04 — best price $12.992021-05-22 — best price $12.992021-06-17 — best price $12.992021-10-28 — best price $3.892022-01-06 — best price $11.582022-05-17 — best price $11.582022-11-05 — best price $12.992023-06-30 — best price $3.892024-03-14 — best price $3.892024-11-27 — best price $2.592025-12-18 — best price $2.592026-10-01 — best price $2.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
14%
earned "We deliver"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-07-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1358%18

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

Player tags

2DRPG2.5DCuteSpaceSandboxBuildingStrategyIsometricSpace Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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