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X Invader

ALLAF GAMES · 2024-08-12

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!

X Invader is an Action, Indie and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 580 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 580 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (132 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 580 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.47 at GameBillet (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 30 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
989820232026Week of 2023-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1222Aug 2023Mar 2026Aug 2023 — avg 122 · peak 278Sep 2023 — avg 36 · peak 127Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 55Nov 2023 — avg 20 · peak 55Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 36Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 27Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 68 · peak 305Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 54Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$2.472023-08-242026-08-242023-08-24 — best price $4.492023-10-07 — best price $4.992023-12-20 — best price $4.492024-02-05 — best price $4.992024-04-30 — best price $3.492024-06-17 — best price $4.992024-08-13 — best price $3.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $3.242025-03-14 — best price $3.242025-08-15 — best price $4.992025-08-24 — best price $3.222025-09-17 — best price $4.842025-10-06 — best price $3.222025-10-14 — best price $4.312025-10-28 — best price $2.472025-11-19 — best price $4.992025-11-25 — best price $3.192025-12-04 — best price $3.242025-12-19 — best price $3.242026-01-06 — best price $4.082026-02-12 — best price $2.632026-02-27 — best price $4.312026-04-02 — best price $4.082026-05-01 — best price $3.222026-05-15 — best price $4.312026-06-08 — best price $3.242026-06-26 — best price $3.222026-08-20 — best price $3.242026-08-24 — best price $2.91
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
97%
earned "“Hello, World”"
20.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4896%43

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

Player tags

2DPvECuteArcadeShooterStrategyRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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