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X: Beyond the Frontier cover art

X: Beyond the Frontier

Egosoft · 2010-10-08

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 08, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.

X: Beyond the Frontier is a 2010 Simulation, Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 398 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

4
playing now
75%
positive of 398 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

X: Beyond the Frontier is a video game created by Egosoft for Windows. The first of the X series, it is a space trading and combat simulator game, mostly set in the fictional X-Universe. Upon release, it was frequently compared to the older Elite.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 398 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$0.68-86%
Humble Store$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.44 at GamesPlanet UK (2024-04-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 62 of 92 observed days · $0.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

712026-09-15 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
332Jul 2012Jul 2026Jul 2012 — avg 30 · peak 98Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 43May 2013 — avg 9 · peak 38Oct 2013 — avg 18 · peak 59Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 46May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-05-20 — best price $4.992017-03-12 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $3.492018-10-30 — best price $2.492019-04-01 — best price $2.292019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-02-10 — best price $4.412020-05-26 — best price $4.082020-07-09 — best price $1.002020-08-12 — best price $4.992020-09-21 — best price $4.992020-10-31 — best price $4.992020-12-04 — best price $4.992021-01-20 — best price $4.992021-02-26 — best price $4.992021-04-06 — best price $4.992021-05-24 — best price $4.992021-09-27 — best price $4.992021-12-16 — best price $1.202022-04-22 — best price $0.892022-08-19 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-04-19 — best price $4.992023-09-04 — best price $0.492024-01-22 — best price $4.992024-06-20 — best price $0.992024-11-21 — best price $0.992025-03-27 — best price $4.992025-07-31 — best price $0.742025-11-20 — best price $0.992026-04-01 — best price $4.992026-07-20 — best price $0.992026-09-15 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

66152026-05-30 — 33 pageviews2026-06-03 — 39 pageviews2026-06-07 — 30 pageviews2026-06-11 — 61 pageviews2026-06-15 — 53 pageviews2026-06-19 — 43 pageviews2026-06-23 — 37 pageviews2026-06-27 — 41 pageviews2026-07-01 — 59 pageviews2026-07-05 — 66 pageviews2026-07-09 — 56 pageviews2026-07-13 — 36 pageviews2026-07-17 — 45 pageviews2026-07-21 — 43 pageviews2026-07-25 — 36 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-10 — 45 pageviews2026-08-14 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 38 pageviews2026-08-22 — 27 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews2026-08-30 — 23 pageviews2026-09-03 — 27 pageviews2026-09-07 — 41 pageviews2026-09-11 — 35 pageviews2026-09-15 — 29 pageviews2026-09-19 — 24 pageviews2026-09-23 — 27 pageviews2026-09-27 — 23 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 25 pageviews2026-10-09 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

SpaceActionFlightSci-fiEconomySandboxTradingStrategyAdventureSpace Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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