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Rebel Galaxy
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“For 17 euros, this game is a good buy. Honest 40hr playtime to finish the game, while not rushing it at all and its only 2.2GB to download. What I liked : - Beautiful space environment, I mean just gorgeous to be in and…”
“I love this game and I was looking forward to what the sequel could be. the sequel is meh”
“I'm back playing this old gem because I never finished the campaign the first time around, and decided to start over and see the sights again. It's so good to be back! This is not Freelancer, but feels a bit like it.…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“great game with a good soundtrack so far. It has an almost Cowboy Bebop atmosphere to it. Easy to dive in to without to many complicated mechanics to learn”
“Got this game at a great discount, and for the prize of a quarter of sandwich, I got 45 hours of fun wandering around the galaxy. Learning curve is perfect (using all the tools and tactics is not necessary at the…”
“Best $2 I ever spent! Love this game. Yes it's older and crashes a lot but so worth it! It's different having "2D" combat in a space sim, but it works and for me doesn't get old. They nailed the campaign. Start with a…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“For 17 euros, this game is a good buy. Honest 40hr playtime to finish the game, while not rushing it at all and its only 2.2GB to download. What I liked : - Beautiful space environment, I mean just gorgeous to be in and…”
“Got this game at a great discount, and for the prize of a quarter of sandwich, I got 45 hours of fun wandering around the galaxy. Learning curve is perfect (using all the tools and tactics is not necessary at the…”
“absolute STEAL when on sale”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Got this game at a great discount, and for the prize of a quarter of sandwich, I got 45 hours of fun wandering around the galaxy. Learning curve is perfect (using all the tools and tactics is not necessary at the…”
“Peak game, looking at the negative reviews makes me cringe. Its essentially AC: Black Flag's sea gameplay but in space, broadside cannon combat included (you can opt to focus on passive dps with turrets though) I can't…”
“Good fun from the start. Great cowboy music. Keeping everything apart from asteroids and fighters on a stellar plain is an interesting choice, as is the broadside gun element. Somewhat worth a replay if looking to see…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“For 17 euros, this game is a good buy. Honest 40hr playtime to finish the game, while not rushing it at all and its only 2.2GB to download. What I liked : - Beautiful space environment, I mean just gorgeous to be in and…”
“For me this is a space game i have been looking for, for a very long time. For those who have tried Elite Dangerous and like me, didn't like it, this game has removed some annoying aspects of and keeps it a lot more…”
“Narco-Cola, Greel Whiskey, Slaves. Its only missing space tits. Not sure how people are having issues with running this game, I have a potato and this runs great at full graphics. Visuals are mesmerizing. Sweet space…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“actual hot garbage. tried to like it but i bought a sniper laser for it to miss all the shots. and yes the game cuz all you get to do is charge up the side and press a button. Could look over the fact it's just menu if…”
“Too simple. Lacking in substance. Forgettable.”
“good game but not being able to go from point A to B without getting attacked and interrupted 5 times in a row gets old and annoying very fast”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I went into Rebel Galaxy expecting space exploration and ended up captaining what is basically a flying 18th-century warship… in space. Forget elegant dogfights: this is broadside simulator 3000. Line up, turn sideways,…”
“This was a fun little game from a smaller dev studio. The story felt a bit short, but I still enjoyed it. The naval-style space combat is quite fun once you work out how everything functions and how to play optimally…”
“BORING. Bad story. Bad combat. Bad progression. Bad space travel. I got this 90% off and I'm still refunding it.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“You die, you respawn right back next the enemy so they can constantly kill you EVERY.SINGLE.TIME... great fun, really enjoyed it. its not like the devs can't spawn you out of range of the npc, camera angle went all…”
“BORING. Bad story. Bad combat. Bad progression. Bad space travel. I got this 90% off and I'm still refunding it.”
“Positive: On sale for 2 dollars Negative: Worth 2 dollars Frustratingly dated, characters can be completely ignored, combat is good at best, no 3D movement (only left, right, forward, backward), sublight jumps take ages…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a Yikes from me dawg. First off you can only move 2D, yes you read that right. The 3D spaceship game in space, only let's you move in 2 dimensions, left and right, das it. That's truly the primary reason I'm…”
“Tentative recommend. Had this on PS4 a few years back and found it to be a pretty relaxing little power trip. Cruise around the very pretty skyboxes, ferry some cargo, and broadside anyone who looks at you funny. I…”
“BORING. Bad story. Bad combat. Bad progression. Bad space travel. I got this 90% off and I'm still refunding it.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“actual hot garbage. tried to like it but i bought a sniper laser for it to miss all the shots. and yes the game cuz all you get to do is charge up the side and press a button. Could look over the fact it's just menu if…”
“This is a Yikes from me dawg. First off you can only move 2D, yes you read that right. The 3D spaceship game in space, only let's you move in 2 dimensions, left and right, das it. That's truly the primary reason I'm…”
“You die, you respawn right back next the enemy so they can constantly kill you EVERY.SINGLE.TIME... great fun, really enjoyed it. its not like the devs can't spawn you out of range of the npc, camera angle went all…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“It has been years since i played this, i remember i liked the concept very much, the broadside battles in space were fun. What i didn't like was that whole game was scaling upwards, so you always fought an uphill battle to progress, but when you returned to some older locations…”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“The game is pretty dang fun if you're looking for an uncomplicated space battle sim & you're ok with 2d naval type combat. However it's really more about style & atmosphere than substance. On the plus side: the combat is simple & fun, atmosphere & music are pretty great & the…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“Rebel Galaxy is a praiseworthy AA attempt at creating an open ended space sim single player experience. The most spot on description I can give to sum it up (paraphrasing my friend Emilio for recommending it to me) is: [b]Rebel Galaxy is a space sim that plays like AC Black Flag…”
— a player, Steam review · 66 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
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Latest official news
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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, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Space · Open World · Sci-fi · RPG · Great Soundtrack · Adventure · Singleplayer · Space Sim · Action · Simulation · Indie · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Official site | http://www.rebel-galaxy.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP,Windows Vista,Windows 7,Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, AMD Athlon™ X2 2.8 GHz, or higher Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Shader Model 3.0, 512MB VRam DirectX: Version 9.0b Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible, 16-bit