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X-teroids cover art

X-teroids

liangxiegame · 2024-11-27

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 27, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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X-teroids is a 2024 Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation game priced at $0.49, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Positive sentiment (92% of 37 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-06

0
playing now
92%
positive of 37 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (17 reviews).
  • · Top 59% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2025-01-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720242026Week of 2024-11-28: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.492024-11-282026-08-272024-11-28 — best price $0.592024-12-11 — best price $0.992025-01-11 — best price $0.492025-01-25 — best price $0.992025-02-24 — best price $0.492025-03-10 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-04-09 — best price $0.492025-04-23 — best price $0.992025-05-23 — best price $0.492025-06-06 — best price $0.992025-06-27 — best price $0.492025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-11-08 — best price $0.492025-11-15 — best price $0.992025-12-25 — best price $0.492026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-01-30 — best price $0.492026-02-06 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-04-07 — best price $0.492026-04-14 — best price $0.992026-05-15 — best price $0.492026-05-22 — best price $0.992026-07-02 — best price $0.492026-07-09 — best price $0.992026-08-27 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
79.2%
earned "game start"
25.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DActionArcadeCasualFlightShooterTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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