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Void Bastards

Blue Manchu · 2019-05-28

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ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player

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?

21
playing now
86%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (62 ratings)
9h
to beat · completionist 25h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 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 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 136k–326k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,433 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 9 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

2202026-08-07 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$31.70$7.252019-05-292026-08-272019-05-29 — 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 $29.992026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3692026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-13 — 23 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 19 pageviews2026-06-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-01 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 28 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

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.

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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