Distant Space

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Distant Space

Short description

Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.

Developer
PixelMouse
Publisher
PixelMouse
Release
Tue, Dec 20, 2016
Price
$0.99
$0.49
51%
Reviews
492
Positive
83%
Followers
1,311
Owners (estimated)
500K – 1M
Concurrent players
1
Genres
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
Features
Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards
Tags
Shoot 'Em Up Indie Arcade Space Pixel Graphics Casual Action Adventure Difficult 2D 1980s Retro Shooter Bullet Hell Minimalist Sci-fi PvE Singleplayer Controller
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$18ksomewhere between $8k and $820k · roughly 10K–1M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $0.82, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $0.99 launch price. That is 17% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

13 data points since Jul 30, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$18k → ~$18k
Reviews 488 → 492
Followers 1,295 → 1,311
Concurrent players 1 → 1
Price $0.49 → $0.49
Positive reviews 83.2% → 83.3%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 302 further data points reach back to Dec 1, 2016 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.28 on Dec 1, 2022.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Distant Space is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Shoot 'Em Up + Indie + Arcade

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