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Shortest Trip to Earth

Shortest Trip to Earth

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Released Aug 15, 2019 Developer Interactive Fate Platforms Windows · Linux Rogue-liteSpaceStrategySurvivalSci-fi
View on Steam ↗ $25.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

77.1%positive1,390 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I like it for the simple yet, creative design. It's very easy to play and move through the levels. Keeps you interested. I've been playing it for awhile now. Still going....”

— a player, Steam review · 4,149 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's a tough game, but that's what makes it fun. If you're just casually wandering around the galaxy, you'll always get blown up. Create a plan, progressively improve your ship and crew, and with dozens of runs and some luck you'll eventually make it back to earth. I bit the…”

— a player, Steam review · 137 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“I have 100 hours and what must be 40 attempts in this game and I have come to terms with the fact that I will never see half of the content it has to offer. Of the 100+ hours I've played, roughly 1/3 of them have been immensely frustrating. There are 10 sectors, and on beginner…”

— a player, Steam review · 106 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:59 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

6playing at last check
624-hour peak
1,780all-time peak
0 250 500 2019 2021 2023 2025 392 avg · Aug 2019

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.

78achievements
11.6%median completion
0.2%rarest: The Avatars of Determination
44.7% of players 38.3% of players 36.3% of players 35.8% of players 35.3% of players 34.0% of players 30.7% of players 30.3% of players 30.0% of players 29.8% of players 29.7% of players 29.6% of players 29.0% of players 26.8% of players 25.7% of players 24.3% of players 21.7% of players 21.0% of players 20.8% of players 20.8% of players 20.1% of players 19.9% of players 19.7% of players 17.5% of players 17.5% of players 17.1% of players 16.7% of players 16.7% of players 16.3% of players 16.0% of players 15.8% of players 15.5% of players 14.6% of players 13.9% of players 13.8% of players 13.4% of players 12.8% of players 12.6% of players 12.5% of players 11.6% of players 10.7% of players 10.7% of players 10.4% of players 10.3% of players 9.8% of players 9.7% of players 9.6% of players 7.7% of players 7.3% of players 6.8% of players 6.2% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.5% of players 44.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
44.7%The Rogue Rat blueprints — Hidden achievement
38.3%Improved Integrity — Have 50+ hitpoints
36.3%Got to Start from Somewhere — Have 1 core module slots installed
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%The Avatars of Determination — Hidden achievement
0.3%The Avatar of Resilience — Hidden achievement
0.5%The Unstoppable Force — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$25.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$5.97lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US25.99 USD
EU25.13 EUR
UK21.66 GBP
Australia38.09 AUD
Canada33.79 CAD
Japan2,947 JPY
Brazil77.13 BRL
China93.60 CNY

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

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$29

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Dec 20, 2025
Fixed presets & Spideraa evasion (in rare cases may require starting a new run)

This update (version 1.4.5) fixes module presets and also considerably lowers evasion of the Spideraa (and some high-level module evasion bonuses). Please note it will also likely fix module presets i

Nov 28, 2025
New DLC + game update are live!

The DLC is here! Please check out the steam page:As promised, this DLC provides a new boarding-themed playable warship as a starting option. This giant dreadnought comes loaded with an army of heavy t

Nov 21, 2025
Fresh major update is live!

Changelog:New feature: player gets bonus credits (and sometimes other resources) if enemy ships self-destruct due to losing their crew (the're will be a special notification).Fast forward button will

Nov 11, 2025
New DLC & game update coming soon!

Hello space surivors!Shortest Trip to Earth will soon be updated with quality of life improvements, a small new feature plus various rebalances/fixes we've been working on. A partial sneak-peek:Fast f

Oct 11, 2025
We are back!

Hellloo fellow survivors!The world has gone crazy but we are back! We can share some Shortest Trip update news soon!In the meantime, a short summary of Interactive Fate's journey so far, starting with

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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.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsRogue-lite · Space · Strategy · Survival · Sci-fi · Exploration · Resource Management · Difficult · Action Roguelike · Spaceships · Rogue-like · Choices Matter (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements78
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://shortesttriptoearth.fandom.com/wiki/Player_Ships
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10 - 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD4400 or dedicated DX11 GPU (1280x720) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 600 MB available space