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Ancient Space

Ancient Space

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Released Sep 23, 2014 Developer CreativeForge Games Publisher Paradox Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac StrategySpaceRTSSci-fiSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

44.4%positive374 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Good game. Crashes sometimes. Autosave doesn't work well.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Temu-Homeworld”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

30achievements
3.4%median completion
0.7%rarest: No Quarter
46.0% of players 42.0% of players 40.8% of players 18.9% of players 18.1% of players 14.4% of players 11.5% of players 8.9% of players 6.9% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 3.8% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 46.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
46.0%Safe from Harm — In mission 1, at least two of your assigned cargo ships must survive until they reach Sector 2.
42.0%By the way — Perform an optional objective.
40.8%The Maw of the Zone — Assemble the fleet for the expedition. Complete Mission 1.
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%No Quarter — Complete the campaign in Hardcore Mode.
0.7%All Hands on Deck — Use the ability of every officer at least once during a single campaign.
0.9%The Hive — Complete Mission 15 producing only small units.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada26.99 CAD
Japan2,690 JPY
Brazil71.99 BRL
China98.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$14 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 01, 2014
New Patch Released!

We've made some big changes across the board, both to address bugs as well as to react to community feedback. Please see below for the changes in full: PLEASE NOTE: Loading an existing save-game on an

Oct 01, 2014
New Patch Released!

We've made some big changes across the board, both to address bugs as well as to react to community feedback. Please see below for the changes in full: PLEASE NOTE: Loading an existing save-game on an

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Space · RTS · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Adventure · Indie · Realistic · Atmospheric · Exploration · Space Sim · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Polish, Russian *
Achievements30
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Vista 64 bit/Win 7/Win 8 Processor: 3.10GHz Intel Core i3-2100 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent Storage: 20 GB available space