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X Rebirth cover art

X Rebirth

Egosoft · 2013-11-15

SteamGOG

ActionSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 15, 2013 (Linux), Nov 15, 2013 (Mac), Nov 15, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.

24
playing now
44%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
39/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

X Rebirth is a single-player space trading and combat game developed by Egosoft, published by Deep Silver (Europe) and Tri Synergy (America). It is the sixth installment in the X universe adventure video game series, following X3: Albion Prelude (2012). The game runs on Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows. Egosoft director Bernd Lehahn has stated that X Rebirth will not be available on consoles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 293k–585k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,315 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.70 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 70 of 116 observed days · $3.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2432026-08-06 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$62.18$4.802015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $24.992015-06-02 — best price $38.912015-12-23 — best price $9.992016-07-15 — best price $29.992017-01-12 — best price $7.492017-12-11 — best price $7.492018-07-17 — best price $31.992019-01-25 — best price $29.992019-08-19 — best price $11.252020-01-25 — best price $29.762020-04-19 — best price $11.002020-07-17 — best price $26.882020-08-28 — best price $12.752020-10-15 — best price $29.992020-11-28 — best price $14.992021-01-24 — best price $29.992021-03-08 — best price $25.382021-04-25 — best price $12.492021-06-24 — best price $12.752021-10-27 — best price $8.992022-01-31 — best price $8.992022-06-06 — best price $11.992022-09-30 — best price $6.002023-01-23 — best price $29.992023-05-13 — best price $29.992023-09-29 — best price $6.002024-02-11 — best price $22.492024-05-25 — best price $29.992024-10-25 — best price $4.802025-02-21 — best price $29.992025-06-05 — best price $8.992025-09-25 — best price $5.992026-01-03 — best price $29.992026-04-16 — best price $5.992026-07-14 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4982026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 24 pageviews2026-06-08 — 23 pageviews2026-06-11 — 41 pageviews2026-06-14 — 31 pageviews2026-06-17 — 28 pageviews2026-06-20 — 34 pageviews2026-06-23 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 25 pageviews2026-06-29 — 38 pageviews2026-07-02 — 36 pageviews2026-07-05 — 44 pageviews2026-07-08 — 36 pageviews2026-07-11 — 28 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-23 — 30 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-29 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 15 pageviews2026-08-04 — 32 pageviews2026-08-07 — 33 pageviews2026-08-10 — 30 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 31 pageviews2026-08-19 — 21 pageviews2026-08-22 — 30 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-27 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "An Unexpected Lodger"
6.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9231%69

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

Player tags

SpaceActionSci-fiEconomySandboxTradingModdableStrategyAdventureSpace Sim

Census log

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

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