Gratuitous Space Battles

by Positech Games

Steam · Mostly Positive

Steam Facts

Data current as of Apr 27, 2026. We re-crawl reviews and metadata every 14 days.

Steam Sentiment70

Mostly Positive

Above the median for reviewed Steam games.

Quick Stats

Reviews

748en

874 total (all languages)

Current as of Apr 27, 2026

Released

Nov 16, 2009

Price

$14.99

Velocity

0.1/day

Slowing

Metadata current as of Apr 27, 2026 · Source: Steam

Market Reach

Estimated owners±100%Small-sample

≈43,000

Estimated gross revenue±100%Small-sample

≈$840.0K

Based on 874 reviews (all languages)

boxleiter_v2

Based on review count × genre/age/price-adjusted Boxleiter ratio. Gross revenue before Steam’s 30% cut, refunds, and regional pricing.

About

The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

Sentiment History

Sentiment over time

Playtime Sentiment

Sentiment by time invested

· 748 post-launch reviews

56%80 rev

<2h

67%36 rev

2-10h

62%259 rev

10-50h

79%259 rev

50-200h

82%98 rev

200h+

81%16 rev

Players who invest more time rate this game significantly higher (+15pts) — a strong signal of a slow-burn experience that rewards patience.

Competitive Benchmark

Compared to 29 similar games in the Strategy genre released in 2009.

Sentiment vs. similar gamesBottom 25%

Popularity vs. similar gamesBottom 46%

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