Stellar Initiative

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Stellar Initiative

Short description

Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!

Developer
Five Head Games
Publisher
Five Head Games
Release
Mon, May 27, 2024
Price
$9.99
Reviews
407
Positive
76%
Followers
3,029
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
8
Genres
Strategy
Tags
Tower Defense Rogue-like Strategy Difficult Sci-fi Pixel Graphics 2D Base-Building Mechs Procedural Generation Aliens Space Singleplayer Building
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$183ksomewhere between $183k and $299k · roughly 20K–33K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $9.17, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $9.99 launch price. That is 8% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

12 data points since Aug 7, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$181k → ~$183k
Reviews 399 → 407
Followers 3,022 → 3,029
Concurrent players 8 → 8
Price $4.99 → $9.99
Positive reviews 76.2% → 76.2%

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. 65 further data points reach back to May 1, 2024 — 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: $4.99 on Jan 23, 2026.

How crowded is this niche?

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±?? Tower Defense + Rogue-like + Strategy

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