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Void Bastards

Blue Manchu · 2019-05-28

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ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 07, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2019 (Mac), May 29, 2019 (Xbox One), May 07, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Void Bastards is an Action and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 5437 reviews).

8
playing now
86%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (62 ratings)
4.52★
PlayStation Store rating (612 ratings)
9h
to beat · completionist 25h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Void Bastards is a science-fiction first-person shooter and roguelike video game developed by Blue Manchu and published by Humble Bundle. It was released on May 28, 2019, for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. Ports of the game for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 were released on May 7, 2020. The game revolves around surviving in the dangerous Sargasso Nebula by boarding and salvaging materials from spaceships. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its comic-book art style, dark humor, and gameplay, but criticized its lackluster story and replay value.

Trailer

Void Bastards trailer thumbnail

Void Bastards - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈873,002 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (786 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 136k–326k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,437 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.18 at GameBillet (2024-08-01) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 4 of 12 observed days · $22.81 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
67467420192026Week of 2019-05-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3222026-09-15 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 32 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35110Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 351 · peak 1,900Sep 2019 — avg 53 · peak 197Dec 2019 — avg 51 · peak 200Mar 2020 — avg 39 · peak 93Jun 2020 — avg 37 · peak 165Sep 2020 — avg 57 · peak 118Dec 2020 — avg 49 · peak 144Mar 2021 — avg 30 · peak 58Jun 2021 — avg 43 · peak 149Sep 2021 — avg 27 · peak 57Dec 2021 — avg 31 · peak 88Mar 2022 — avg 26 · peak 82Jun 2022 — avg 26 · peak 68Sep 2022 — avg 21 · peak 40Dec 2022 — avg 24 · peak 63Mar 2023 — avg 20 · peak 62Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 52Sep 2023 — avg 16 · peak 44Dec 2023 — avg 27 · peak 70Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 70Jun 2024 — avg 23 · peak 55Sep 2024 — avg 22 · peak 49Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 37Dec 2025 — avg 16 · peak 46Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24Jun 2026 — avg 16 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$31.70$7.252019-05-292026-10-152019-05-29 — best price $29.992019-10-12 — best price $29.992020-01-31 — best price $29.992020-05-12 — best price $26.992020-07-10 — best price $29.992020-08-02 — best price $26.882020-09-02 — best price $29.992020-09-24 — best price $29.992020-10-21 — best price $29.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $11.992021-05-06 — best price $29.992021-07-26 — best price $11.992021-10-01 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992021-12-23 — best price $9.472022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-03-21 — best price $8.992022-05-26 — best price $26.882022-07-13 — best price $26.992022-09-06 — best price $29.992022-10-30 — best price $7.542022-12-11 — best price $26.882023-01-12 — best price $25.492023-03-03 — best price $7.472023-04-21 — best price $8.992023-06-06 — best price $8.992023-07-29 — best price $8.992023-09-19 — best price $29.992023-11-17 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $7.592024-02-09 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-04-24 — best price $25.492024-06-06 — best price $8.992024-07-13 — best price $29.992024-08-29 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3692026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 17 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 33 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 21 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 32 pageviews2026-08-29 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 20 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 14 pageviews2026-09-26 — 20 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 15 pageviews2026-10-08 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Specially Selected"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-05-29, latest 2019-09-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,0691%24
Xbox One (Xbox)14,7471%24
PS4 (PlayStation)1,6545%25
Switch (Nintendo)460%0

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

FPSSpaceActionSci-fiShooterStealthStrategyStylizedComic BookRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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