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Distant Space
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
38 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Cute game, quick to beat. Nice little break from work.”
“Good Game For TimePass”
33 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“One-time, short, easy, pleasant gameplay”
“Easy Space Invaders style game. Bosses are bit of a bullet sponge, which drags it out more than it needs to. Achievements are easy and can look decent on a profile. Nothing amazing, nothing terrible. 5/10.”
“Distant Space is an unsuccessful game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is…”
21 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Distant Space is an unsuccessful game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is…”
“Distant Space is a failed game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is repetitive and…”
“I didn't know what to play so I opened a steam game generator website and was presented with this game. I didn't even know I owned it but quickly found out it was a freebie I claimed some time ago. I 100%'ed it in 38…”
15 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Distant Space is an unsuccessful game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is…”
“Distant Space is a failed game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is repetitive and…”
“Distant Space is an unsuccessful game. The color palette is unexpressive, the enemy and projectile highlights are dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is repetitive and…”
14 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Cheap retro shoot ’em up, but it gets repetitive fast. Fun for a short time, not very engaging overall. Rating: 5/10”
“Cute game, quick to beat. Nice little break from work.”
“One-time, short, easy, pleasant gameplay”
31 of the 96 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Easy Space Invaders style game. Bosses are bit of a bullet sponge, which drags it out more than it needs to. Achievements are easy and can look decent on a profile. Nothing amazing, nothing terrible. 5/10.”
“The game is simple and short it only has 26 levels took me 30 minutes to beat all and it has cool looking achievements for your profile.”
26 of the 96 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Cheap retro shoot ’em up, but it gets repetitive fast. Fun for a short time, not very engaging overall. Rating: 5/10”
22 of the 96 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a cool game, nothing super interesting, but nice for relaxing. It is an eyesore, tho.”
“Distant Space is an unsuccessful game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is…”
17 of the 96 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“This game wasn't worth 0€, you navigate a spaceship at the bottom in a Galaga-style shooter, but everything has the lowest stakes ever, lower than buying and playing Half-Life 2 (if the reader hasn't done that already),…”
“Distant Space is an unsuccessful game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is…”
“Distant Space is a failed game. The color palette is unexpressive, the highlighting of enemies and projectiles is dim, and character transparency makes perception difficult. The musical accompaniment is repetitive and…”
7 of the 96 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game wasn't worth 0€, you navigate a spaceship at the bottom in a Galaga-style shooter, but everything has the lowest stakes ever, lower than buying and playing Half-Life 2 (if the reader hasn't done that already),…”
“Is it fun? yes. Is it easy? absolutely. Is it worth your money, probably not. Give it a shot if you get it for free or have money to burn”
Counted across 96 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This is a short game with 26 easy levels including 3 boss fights. You can continue from current level if failed so there's no stress. The control is using the mouse and your airplane moves extremely fast. Achievements are straight forward and an easy perfect game +1. Takes about…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“No one reads my reviews, so I'll just eat a spoonful of cinnamon for every like or award this review gets.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“It caused slight discomfort to look at throughout the whole experience. Making it hard to focus or actually want to line up shots when everything is shaking on the screen. The gameplay is fairly poor compared to most sensible predecessors. The game took about 25 minutes.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
40% discount for Distant Space 2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/729460/Distant_Space_2/
40% discount for Distant Space 2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/729460/Distant_Space_2/
Update!
New: - Gameplay - Control - Graphic arts - Interface - Soundtrack - Sound effects - Levels - Achievements Added controller support. Black screen bug fixed.
Update!
New: - Gameplay - Control - Graphic arts - Interface - Soundtrack - Sound effects - Levels - Achievements Added controller support. Black screen bug fixed.
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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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Shoot 'Em Up · Indie · Arcade · Space · Pixel Graphics · Casual · Action · Adventure · Difficult · 2D · 1980s · Retro (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic * , Bulgarian * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Hungarian * , Vietnamese * , Greek * , Danish * , Spanish - Latin America * , Traditional Chinese * , Sim… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 44 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1 GHz Processor Memory: 2 GB RAM