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X3: Terran Conflict cover art

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!

25
playing now
85%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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
  • · 25 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 22% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 115k–229k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,866 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$1.44-91%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 58 of 94 observed days · $0.16 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

72202026-08-06 22:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 47 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 60 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 45 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 58 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 53 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 72 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 33 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 57 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 23 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 53 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 62 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 61 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.27$1.282015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — 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 $3.192026-08-28 — best price $1.44
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4382026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-01 — 21 pageviews2026-06-04 — 25 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-13 — 34 pageviews2026-06-16 — 33 pageviews2026-06-19 — 31 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-01 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 41 pageviews2026-07-07 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 19 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 29 pageviews2026-07-25 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 25 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 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

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.

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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