Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
Volition's classic is back. Descent: FreeSpace is the quintessential old school space shooter. With a deep story, great graphics and engaging battles against fighters to capital ships it keeps you moving. Breakout that flight stick and enroll with the Grand Terran Alliance today.
- Price:$7.99
- Release Date:5/7/2014
- Developer:Volition Inc
- Publisher:Interplay Inc.
- Last Updated:3/17/2025
- Steam App Id:273600
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
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- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 80% lower than its previous all-time peak of 5 players achieved on 7/21/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. It has received a total of 232 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 73 (Mostly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War and its growth over time. It currently has 2,163 followers on its community page.
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War Price
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War costs $7.99 in the Steam store as of 3/17/2025 which is a 20% discount off its base price. At the moment, it can only be purchased as a standalone game but may be included in future bundles for a discount.
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About Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is an Action game developed by Volition Inc. On 5/7/2014, it was released on the Steam Store by Interplay Inc.
Players have rated Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War as "Mostly Positive" out of 232 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 181 positive reviews and 51 negative reviews — an overall 78% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Multi-player
- Includes level editor
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Flight
- Futuristic
- Multiplayer
- War
- 3D
- Realistic
- Shooter
- Real Time Tactics
- First-Person
- Simulation
- Spaceships
- FPS
- Combat
- Space Sim
- Sci-fi
- Strategy
- Action
- 6DOF
- Singleplayer
- Space
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Packages
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
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Soures & References
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Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 17). Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/273600
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 17). Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/273600
- Volition Inc. (2023, July 30). Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. http://www.interplay.com/games/freespace.php