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Tin Can

Tin Can Studio · 2022-05-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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?

2
playing now
85%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 27k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,357 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 20 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

812026-08-11 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992020-10-302026-08-302020-10-30 — best price $11.992020-12-22 — best price $11.992021-02-11 — best price $11.992021-03-20 — best price $11.992021-06-24 — best price $9.892021-09-11 — best price $9.892021-10-21 — best price $9.892021-10-28 — best price $9.892021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-04-03 — best price $19.992022-05-19 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-08-08 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-01-28 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-06 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $19.992024-12-10 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-09 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-13 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — 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

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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