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Really Big Sky
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Do you know what I learned from the experience of playing such abstract games? but I didn’t understand ♥♥♥♥. every game is something new although it feels very familiar”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Really Big Sky is a charming, chaotic space shooter that genuinely surprised me with how addictive it is despite its rough edges. The upgrade system gives each run a satisfying sense of progression, and the soundtrack absolutely slaps — I found myself humming the main menu theme…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:40 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Support Special Effect for One Special Day: 15th July 2016
Hey everyone! Tomorrow (Friday 15th July) we are taking part in the One Special Day charity drive to raise money for the gamers charity Special Effect . We will be donating the profits from every sing
Support Special Effect for One Special Day: 15th July 2016
Hey everyone! Tomorrow (Friday 15th July) we are taking part in the One Special Day charity drive to raise money for the gamers charity Special Effect . We will be donating the profits from every sing
A little update
Hi everybody! I've pushed out an update that fixes one cause of slowdown for some users. Also if the game crashes when you quit, please delete the "steam_api.dll" file located in the game's folder (St
A little update
Hi everybody! I've pushed out an update that fixes one cause of slowdown for some users. Also if the game crashes when you quit, please delete the "steam_api.dll" file located in the game's folder (St
Version 5.02!
Whoa, would you look at that. Version 5.02 is out and it adds the following; - New Boss Baddie logo - Fixed a problem on the options screen where the mouse would select the wrong item - Updated menu b
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Action · Shoot 'Em Up · Space · Bullet Hell · Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade · Side Scroller · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack · Retro (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://bossbaddie.co.uk/bigsky |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2ghz Core 2 Duo Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c or above DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 200 MB HD space Sound: DirectSound-compatible Sound Card Additional: Controller support extends to official Xbox 360 controllers only.