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X3: Terran Conflict

Egosoft · 2008-10-16

Steam

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 07, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!

X3: Terran Conflict is a 2008 Action Simulation Strategy title priced at $15.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (86% of 2873 reviews).

26
playing now
86%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
34
Nexus mods (43k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

X3: Terran Conflict is a space trading and combat simulator by German developer Egosoft, part of their X series of games. Described as a stand-alone game, based on X3: Reunion, it boasts new plot lines, features and assets. It was first released in October 2008 for the European market and Steam.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 115k–230k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,873 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$1.44-91%
Humble Store$3.19-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.28 at GreenManGaming (2022-05-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 77 of 109 observed days · $1.91 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

97132026-09-15 13:00 — 54 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 54 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 62 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 74 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 24 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 60 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 24 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 54 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 68 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 26 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 28 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 52 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 46 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 59 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 52 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 34 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
32037Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 311 · peak 650Dec 2012 — avg 219 · peak 514May 2013 — avg 279 · peak 713Oct 2013 — avg 271 · peak 556Mar 2014 — avg 172 · peak 339Aug 2014 — avg 180 · peak 320Jan 2015 — avg 209 · peak 380Jun 2015 — avg 152 · peak 284Nov 2015 — avg 127 · peak 253Apr 2016 — avg 151 · peak 275Sep 2016 — avg 136 · peak 264Feb 2017 — avg 157 · peak 311Jul 2017 — avg 121 · peak 219Dec 2017 — avg 168 · peak 437May 2018 — avg 116 · peak 223Oct 2018 — avg 119 · peak 244Mar 2019 — avg 105 · peak 216Aug 2019 — avg 87 · peak 156Jan 2020 — avg 94 · peak 174Jun 2020 — avg 86 · peak 167Nov 2020 — avg 80 · peak 173Apr 2021 — avg 83 · peak 165Sep 2021 — avg 66 · peak 124Feb 2022 — avg 62 · peak 132Jul 2022 — avg 51 · peak 103Dec 2022 — avg 57 · peak 114May 2023 — avg 47 · peak 92Oct 2023 — avg 46 · peak 88Mar 2024 — avg 44 · peak 89Aug 2024 — avg 46 · peak 92Jan 2025 — avg 49 · peak 99Jun 2025 — avg 38 · peak 80Nov 2025 — avg 43 · peak 85Apr 2026 — avg 44 · peak 94Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 82
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.27$1.282015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-07-20 — best price $7.992016-07-30 — best price $5.792017-06-23 — best price $7.992018-02-15 — best price $11.192018-09-13 — best price $15.992019-03-08 — best price $15.992019-11-21 — best price $8.002020-02-13 — best price $15.652020-05-26 — best price $13.322020-07-11 — best price $13.322020-08-15 — best price $15.992020-09-24 — best price $15.992020-11-02 — best price $15.992020-12-07 — best price $15.992021-01-21 — best price $2.972021-02-27 — best price $15.992021-04-05 — best price $13.492021-05-18 — best price $15.992021-08-21 — best price $4.802021-12-02 — best price $15.992022-04-14 — best price $1.592022-08-08 — best price $1.592022-12-05 — best price $14.392023-03-27 — best price $6.392023-07-23 — best price $3.202023-12-21 — best price $3.202024-04-19 — best price $2.892024-09-05 — best price $15.992025-02-09 — best price $15.992025-06-09 — best price $15.992025-10-16 — best price $15.992026-02-19 — best price $15.992026-06-01 — best price $1.602026-08-17 — best price $3.192026-10-06 — best price $1.442026-10-15 — best price $3.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4192026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-02 — 29 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 31 pageviews2026-06-30 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 41 pageviews2026-07-08 — 26 pageviews2026-07-12 — 17 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 25 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 15 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews2026-09-02 — 17 pageviews2026-09-06 — 14 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 17 pageviews2026-09-18 — 39 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 13 pageviews2026-10-08 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
28.4%
earned "Crash Course"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2011-12-16, latest 2021-05-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,6451%33

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SpaceActionFlightSci-fiEconomySandboxTradingStrategySpace SimCapitalism

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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