Gratuitous Space Battles
Who 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.
- Price:$14.99
- Release Date:11/16/2009
- Developer:Positech Games
- Publisher:Positech Games
- Last Updated:7/24/2024
- Steam App Id:41800
Gratuitous Space Battles
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Gratuitous Space Battles has 2 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 67% lower than its previous all-time peak of 6 players achieved on 1/13/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Gratuitous Space Battles. It has received a total of 831 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 70 (Mostly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Gratuitous Space Battles and its growth over time. It currently has 3,387 followers on its community page.
Gratuitous Space Battles Price
Gratuitous Space Battles costs $14.99 in the Steam store as of 7/24/2024. At the moment, it can only be purchased as a standalone game but may be included in future bundles for a discount.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Gratuitous Space Battles.
About Gratuitous Space Battles
Gratuitous Space Battles is a Simulation, Indie, and Strategy game developed by Positech Games. On 11/16/2009, it was released on the Steam Store by Positech Games.
Players have rated Gratuitous Space Battles as "Mostly Positive" out of 831 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 607 positive reviews and 224 negative reviews — an overall 73% positive review rating. Additionally, Gratuitous Space Battles has earned a metascore of 72 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, Gratuitous Space Battles supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
- Multi-player
From the Steam community, Gratuitous Space Battles has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Difficult
- Multiplayer
- Sandbox
- Tactical
- RTS
- Tower Defense
- Simulation
- Spaceships
- Sci-fi
- Top-Down
- Strategy
- Indie
- Action
- Auto Battler
- Moddable
- Singleplayer
- Physics
- 2D
- Space
- Building
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Gratuitous Space Battles and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Gratuitous Space Battles is referenced by 7 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Gratuitous Space Battles: The Order | DLC | 3/16/2010 | View |
 | Gratuitous Space Battles: The Swarm | DLC | 5/19/2010 | View |
 | Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquest | DLC | 2/11/2011 | View |
 | Gratuitous Space Battles: The Outcasts | DLC | 1/11/2013 | View |
 | Gratuitous Space Battles: The Parasites | DLC | 10/17/2011 | View |
 | Gratuitous Space Battles: The Nomads | DLC | 11/11/2010 | View |
 | Gratuitous Space Battles: The Tribe | DLC | 12/16/2009 | View |
Related Packages
Gratuitous Space Battles is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Gratuitous Space Battles Ultimate Collection | $4.99 | View |
| Gratuitous Space Battles | $3.74 | View |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Gratuitous Space Battles data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, July 24). Gratuitous Space Battles on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/41800
- Valve Corporation. (2024, July 24). Gratuitous Space Battles. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/41800
- Metacritic. (2024, July 24). Gratuitous Space Battles for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/gratuitous-space-battles
- Positech Games. (2023, July 10). Gratuitous Space Battles. Gratuitous Space Battles. http://www.gratuitousspacebattles.com