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Tin Can

Tin Can Studio · 2022-05-12

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 27, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 27, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 27, 2023 (Xbox One)

You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?

Tin Can is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1360 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
84%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.97★
PlayStation Store rating (61 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

You've barely managed to flee your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you find yourself in the shoes of a technician, without any knowledge of the complex systems, around you, that are keeping you alive. Faced with all kind of cosmic dangers, how long will you survive?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,360 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-04-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 63 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120202026Week of 2020-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
552Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 72Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2021 — avg 6 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 37Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 55 · peak 270Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 35Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 33Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 26Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 52 · peak 349Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 26Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992020-10-302026-10-142020-10-30 — best price $11.992021-02-11 — best price $11.992021-06-24 — best price $9.892021-10-21 — best price $9.892021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-04-03 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
17.8%
earned "Asteroids"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsVR SupportedFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8901%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3816%18
PS5 (PlayStation)1225%19
PS4 (PlayStation)520%19
PS4 (PlayStation)20%19

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

Player tags

3DIndieSpaceSci-fiScienceStrategySurvivalRealisticSpace SimSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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