X: Beyond the Frontier
| App ID | 2840 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Egosoft |
| Publisher | Egosoft |
| Franchise | X |
| Supported Systems | Windows |
| Last Changenumber | 28861246 |
| Last Record Update | 7 May 2025 – 12:21:35 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 8 October 2010 – 23:36:00 UTC ( |
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
Additional Information
| Developer | Egosoft | |||||||||||||||
| gamedir | X Beyond the Frontier | |||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | X: Beyond the Frontier | |||||||||||||||
| icon | empty string | |||||||||||||||
| metacritic_score | 67 | |||||||||||||||
| NoServers | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| metacritic_fullurl | https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x-beyond-the-frontier?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f | |||||||||||||||
| primarycache | 2841 | |||||||||||||||
| state | eStateAvailable | |||||||||||||||
| serverbrowsername | empty string | |||||||||||||||
| GameManualURL | https://store.steampowered.com/manual/2840/ | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Egosoft | |||||||||||||||
| languages (extended) | english,german | |||||||||||||||
| SortAs | X1 | |||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 1 July 1999 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Social Media | https://discord.gg/ZwctxzXhhG https://www.facebook.com/EgosoftGmbH/ https://www.twitch.tv/egosoftofficial https://x.com/EGOSOFT https://www.youtube.com/Xuniversechannel/ |
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| Primary Genre | Strategy (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Simulation (28), Strategy (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 8 October 2010 – 23:36:00 UTC ( |
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| Original Release Date | 1 July 1999 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 15 December 2022 – 09:59:05 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 74 | |||||||||||||||
| First seen on SteamDB | 20 March 2013 – 07:42:05 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 2 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | Yes | |
| German | Yes | Yes |
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| trailer_name | X Superbox Trailer |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 5968/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 5968/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 5968/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 5968/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 2840/4220/fc2e174264b63a95d10bc70667ddb77917dc3fa9/1751245934/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 2840/4220/fc2e174264b63a95d10bc70667ddb77917dc3fa9/1751245934/microtrailer.mp4 |
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| dash_av1 | 2840/4220/fc2e174264b63a95d10bc70667ddb77917dc3fa9/1751245934/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 2840/4220/fc2e174264b63a95d10bc70667ddb77917dc3fa9/1751245934/dash_h264.mpd |
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| screenshot_medium | 5968/movie.293x165.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| timestamp | 12 November 2015 – 18:40:15 UTC |
Steam charts
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- 1 players right now
- 6 24-hour peak
- 159 all-time peak
14 March 2015
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Twitch stats
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- 0 24-hour peak
- 195 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~12.5 k by Gamalytic
- ~19.6 k by VG Insights
- ~534.8 k by PlayTracker
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Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 8 October 2010 | Steam Release | - |
| 19 September 2013 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Sale: Egosoft Games | - |
| 12 March 2015 | Free Weekend | - |
| 7 December 2017 | Free Weekend | - |
| 20 April 2022 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: The X Universe Collection | - |
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