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Tiamat X

Tiamat X

Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling space shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet.

Released May 29, 2015 Developer BBQ Games Platforms Windows ActionIndieArcadeShoot 'Em Up
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

33.6%positive125 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“There was a time I was a naive, infrequent user of Steam and I was misled by some screenshots thinking this could be if not a great game, at lest nice - how wrong! A really bad shoot 'em up in pretty much every aspect, and the many great additions the genre has seen on Steam…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

11achievements
1.8%median completion
1.6%rarest: Invincible
6.1% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% 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 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 6.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
6.1%First things first — Level 1 completed
2.5%Survivor — Completed a level without losing a life
2.3%Top Gun — Level 2 completed
Rarest badges of honor
1.6%Invincible — Completed the game without losing a single life
1.7%Super Survivor — Completed the game
1.7%Peace Dude — Completed a level firing only the minimum amount of shots to get the job done

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US1.99 USD
UK1.59 GBP
Australia2.95 AUD
Canada2.19 CAD
Japan198 JPY
Brazil4.29 BRL
China11.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$0.8 Japan Canada China US Australia UK≈$2.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Aug 23, 2017
Tiamat X Update 1.4.5 Released

Update 1.4.5 introduces the following audio updates: Major music and sound FX improvements Background music remastered and resampled at a higher bitrate Explosion sound effects remastered Volume adjus

Aug 23, 2017
Tiamat X Update 1.4.5 Released

Update 1.4.5 introduces the following audio updates: Major music and sound FX improvements Background music remastered and resampled at a higher bitrate Explosion sound effects remastered Volume adjus

Feb 12, 2016
Tiamat Crashes

It has been reported that Tiamat X is crashing for a lot of players. We have been doing some investigations into this and it would appear that since the latest Steam Client update that the game is bee

Feb 12, 2016
Tiamat Crashes

It has been reported that Tiamat X is crashing for a lot of players. We have been doing some investigations into this and it would appear that since the latest Steam Client update that the game is bee

Aug 08, 2015
Update coming soon

Later on this weekend we intend to release a new build of Tiamat X (1.4). This new build addresses the following issues: Addition of flashing projectiles (bolts). With autofire enabled, pressing fire

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · Indie · Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements11
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP or newer Processor: 2 GHz Single Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with 1 GB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: Direct X compatible Additional Notes: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller