X: Beyond the Frontier
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
- Price:$4.99
- Release Date:10/8/2010
- Franchise:Egosoft
- Developer:Egosoft
- Publisher:Egosoft
- Last Updated:4/17/2025
- Steam App Id:2840
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, X: Beyond the Frontier has 9 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 47% lower than its previous all-time peak of 17 players achieved on 9/10/2024.

Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for X: Beyond the Frontier. It has received a total of 361 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 X: Beyond the Frontier and its growth over time. It currently has 2,118 followers on its community page.
X: Beyond the Frontier Price
X: Beyond the Frontier costs $4.99 in the Steam store as of 4/17/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like X Universe - Anniversary Collection which offer a discount off the game's base price.
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About X: Beyond the Frontier
X: Beyond the Frontier is a Simulation, and Strategy game developed by Egosoft. On 10/8/2010, it was released on the Steam Store by Egosoft.
Players have rated X: Beyond the Frontier as "Mostly Positive" out of 361 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 269 positive reviews and 92 negative reviews — an overall 75% positive review rating. Additionally, X: Beyond the Frontier has earned a metascore of 67 on Metacritic.
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, X: Beyond the Frontier supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Single-player
From the Steam community, X: Beyond the Frontier has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Adventure
- Action
- Singleplayer
- Space
- Exploration
- Flight
- Economy
- Sandbox
- Trading
- Simulation
- Space Sim
- Open World
- Sci-fi
- Strategy
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Bundles
X: Beyond the Frontier is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
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X Universe - Anniversary Collection | 31 | 30 | $93.86 | View |
Related Packages
X: Beyond the Frontier is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
Name | Price | Actions |
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X: Beyond the Frontier | $1.99 | View |
Supported Languages
X: Beyond the Frontier is available in 2 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
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English | Yes | Yes | No |
German | Yes | Yes | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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X: Beyond the Frontier data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 17). X: Beyond the Frontier on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2840
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 17). X: Beyond the Frontier. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2840
- Metacritic. (2025, April 17). X: Beyond the Frontier for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x-beyond-the-frontier
- Egosoft. (2023, July 8). X: Beyond the Frontier. X: Beyond the Frontier. http://www.egosoft.com/games/x/info_en.php