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Tin Can
You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“EDIT: Changed this to a "recommend," though i still wouldn't "recommend" it. I just don't appreciate Steam turning a lack of endorsement into a full on condemnation. -------- If you were thinking of The Martian, Gravity, or Apollo 13... Put those out of your head, they couldn't…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Tin Can is basically a simulation of how every IT guy imagines he's going to die.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Yeah, so in an odd way, this game is kinda horrifying. I don't often get a real feeling of "horror" from video games... even games that are "supposed to be" terrifying. And maybe it's just ME with this game - maybe others don't get this? I don't know? - but this game very often…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 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 2026-10-25.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
VR update - 1.0.2
Chinese, Japanese and Russian translation issues have been fixed. Thanks again for your continued support! Julien & Clément
Our New Game Releases in 4 Days — Space Chaos
Hey Chaos Crew, We’ve got something new to share with you 👀 After Tin Can, we’ve been working on a completely different kind of experience… And it’s almost here: 🦙 Space Chaos launches April 22 — in j
VR update - 1.0.1
Following the VR Update, here are a few improvements to the VR version : - Leak filler no longer fails to repair when held very close to the hole- In-game menu will no longer vanish behind walls- A ne
Major Update – Tin Can is Now Officially Available in VR
How to Access VRVR support is included for all owners at no additional cost.When you launch the game on Steam, you can now select VR mode directly from the launch options.No separate download required
1.0.0.7.d
1.0.0.7.d Relay Station IX issues have been corrected. You can once more enjoy it from the sandbox mode.
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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.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Space · Survival · Indie · Realistic · Sci-fi · First-Person · Strategy · Early Access · Singleplayer · Space Sim · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · VR Supported · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese * |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | https://tin-can-studio.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core I7 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 970 or equivalent Storage: 12 GB available space