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Slipways

Slipways

Weave isolated planets into a vast trade empire. Hatch plans. Research game-breaking technologies. Still be done in time for lunch. Enjoy the endless possibilities of a space grand strategy game in 60 minutes flat.

Released Jun 3, 2021 Developer Beetlewing Platforms Windows · Mac StrategyPuzzleTurn-Based StrategyRelaxingSandbox
View on Steam ↗ $16.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

92.8%positive2,311 reviews
Recommended · 142 found this helpful

“This game is a treasure. It is not quite like any other game I have played. It is one massive jigsaw puzzle that unfolds in front of you just one section at a time, with each piece offering further, alternate paths and opportunities. This might look like a 4X game at first, but…”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
Recommended · 43 found this helpful

“I hate this game. At it's heart it's a really, really simple abstract puzzle game akin to some of the old Amiga and spectrum games I used to love. Getting my head around tactics that don't result in me getting thrown out of office within 10 years took some doing. Getting to 3…”

— a player, Steam review · 82 hrs played
Recommended · 36 found this helpful

“Pros: - Fantastic game mechanics - Soothing music - Big challenge - Short time frame ( finish around in about an hour) Cons: - Fried brain”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

1,012all-time peak
0 250 500 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 353 avg · Jun 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

72achievements
1.7%median completion
0.1%rarest: Campaign - Triumph (Tough)
53.3% of players 51.3% of players 39.6% of players 30.5% of players 29.8% of players 29.4% of players 24.4% of players 20.3% of players 18.7% of players 16.1% of players 14.7% of players 14.5% of players 13.8% of players 13.3% of players 12.1% of players 11.2% of players 9.7% of players 8.5% of players 8.4% of players 8.3% of players 7.8% of players 7.5% of players 6.4% of players 5.7% of players 5.3% of players 4.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 53.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
53.3%Don't Spend It All in One Place — Reach an income of 120$ per year at any point in a standard run.
51.3%Spreading Sentience — Colonize 100 planets across all your games.
39.6%Getting Comfortable — Complete a standard run with a rank of 3 gold stars or higher.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Campaign - Triumph (Tough) — Complete all 13 campaign missions with a perfect platinum rank (tough difficulty).
0.1%Campaign - Victory (Tough) — Complete all 13 campaign missions a rank of 3 gold stars or better (tough difficulty).
0.2%Bite-Sized Empire (Tough) — Finish a 5-star standard run while colonizing only 20 planets or less (tough difficulty).

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.

$16.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$6.79lowest since tracking began2026-10-02
US16.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK13.99 GBP
Australia23.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,730 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China57.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$6.6 China Japan Canada Australia EU US UK≈$19

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-08 09-28 10-20

Latest official news

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

Oct 07, 2024
Bugtoberfest - Oct 2024 patch

This is a smaller bugfix update, with the biggest issue fixed being Mac-specific. - Unity engine update: Slipways now runs on the latest long-term-support version of Unity, which should help with some

Mar 14, 2024
Spring is the time for bugs... and fixes

As in nature, so in Slipways: with winter slowly receding into the past and spring waking up in the northern hemisphere, bugs are coming out of hibernation. This patch fixes two severe bugs on Apple p

Jan 02, 2024
An apple a day sends the patch away

This small update mostly concerns players on Apple devices - no significant changes should be present on other platforms. - Mac: Slipways is now a universal app, which means it no longer needs to run

Oct 05, 2023
Getting the fix in for October

This one is another small bugfix patch, fixing a few bug reports that have accumulated over time. - Endless: Since a few versions, retired endless runs would not save properly into the statistics tab.

Jan 08, 2023
New Year's fixings

Happy new year, Slipways players! Slipways welcomes 2023 with a small bugfix patch, addressing the following issues: - Void Synthesizer: a previous patch broke the functionality of this technology, ca

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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.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy · Relaxing · Sandbox · Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Resource Management · Economy · Procedural Generation · Management · Science (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese
Achievements72
Official sitehttps://slipways.net
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7xx series or equivalent with 1 GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space