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Shallow Space
Construct your Taskforce and lead your forces to domination in the ultimate Fleet Warfare RTS!
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Shallow Space is a deep, unique, and beautiful RTS! Even though the game is only in early access at the moment the devs are frequently updating and adding to the gameplay experience. This will doubltessly be a game for anyone who is looking for a space RTS that has depth and…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“STAY AWAY Abandoned long ago, never even close to finished. Developer disappeared instead of facing his customer base. STAY AWAY”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Do not buy this game, until you read there forums, there are issues that you need to be aware of. This game is possibly dead. which is a shame as it has a nice start and concept. Like i said READ THE FORUMS.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Shallow Space is cancelled
We regret to announce that Shallow Space has been cancelled. About a year ago we designed a new client that ticked a lot of the boxes that the community were looking for originally but we struggled to
3.0 Progress Update #2
Back again, with another summary update. So to recap; as you likely know we took an extended break from the project but coming up to a year ago now we picked things up again. It hasn’t been straightfo
3.0 Progress Update #1
So a bunch of time had past since we last spoke, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy. As you know the project is in a bit of a weird state. It’s a rescue. Some years ago we became overwhelmed a
Proof of life
If you’re new around here don’t buy the game, it’s unsupported and a mess in its current form, we’re working hard to put it right. Since thought a little more about the last post here when we mentione
Minor progress update
Work is still going on here on the server side of things, still writing tests and implementing base functionality. We have to set expectations here, this is going to take a long time. If you're new DO
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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 | RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Strategy · Early Access · Simulation · RPG · Space · RTS · Action · Sci-fi · 4X (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://shallowspace.co |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 64bit Processor: Intel i5 or i7 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 5500 Storage: 4 GB available space