Gratuitous Space Battles

App ID 41800
App Type Game
Name Gratuitous Space Battles
Developer
Publisher Positech Games
Supported Systems STEAMPLAY
Last Record Update (November 7, 2018 – 08:16:01 UTC)
Last Change Number 5348594
Release Date November 16, 2009 ()

Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

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Currency Current Price Converted Price Lowest Recorded Price November 27, 2017
us U.S. Dollar $14.99 Base Price $2.24 $2.24 at -85%
uk British Pound £10.99 $14.12 -5.79% $2.10 £1.64 at -85%
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User Tags

StrategyIndieSimulationBuildingModdableSpaceSandboxMultiplayer2DSci-fiSingleplayer

Additional Information

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gamedir Gratuitous Space Battles
metacritic_name Gratuitous Space Battles
metacritic_score 72
NoServers Yes
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/gratuitous-space-battles?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
primarycache 41801
state eStateAvailable
ValidOSList
GameManualURL http://store.steampowered.com/manual/41800/
community_visible_stats Yes
InstallScript 41800_install.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
installscript_macos Gratuitous Space Battles.app/installscript_osx.vdf
installscriptosx Gratuitous Space Battles.app/installscript_osx.vdf
primarycache_macos 41806
primarycache_mac 41806
LegacyKeyRegistrationMethod registry
LegacyKeyRegistryLocation HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\TestApp41800\SteamKey
ShowCDKeyOnLaunch Yes
SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard Yes
DLCPurchaseFromInGame No
community_hub_visible Yes
small_capsule
  • english: capsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
  • english: header.jpg
store_tags

Players online

  • 6 right now
  • 10 24-hour peak - tweet this
  • 3,231 all-time peak February 22, 2013 – 20:43:21 UTC

SteamSpy Estimations

  • 56 minutes median playtime in last 2 weeks 2.6 hours median total playtime
  • 37 minutes average playtime in last 2 weeks 4.3 hours average total playtime
  • 200,000 .. 500,000 owners

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Markers

Date Label
November 11, 2010 – 19:58:00 UTC 📜 Gratuitous Space Battles: The Nomads DLC now available and playable on Mac!
February 11, 2011 – 22:29:00 UTC 📜 Now Available - Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquest
December 13, 2011 – 08:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: The Humble Indie Bundle #4
October 1, 2012 – 18:10:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: The Humble Indie Bundle 6
July 25, 2013 – 18:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Sale: Positech Games

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
2403 Positech Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
2473 Gratuitous Space Battles Store October 26, 2018 – 14:30:04 UTC
2517 Gratuitous Space Battles Press Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
4785 Gratuitous Space Battles Collector's Edition Store November 22, 2017 – 22:49:42 UTC
6188 Gratuitous Space Battles Collector's Edition Store November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
6792 Indie Air Pack Store November 13, 2015 – 20:35:29 UTC
6919 Indie Flight Pack Store November 13, 2015 – 20:35:59 UTC
7803 Gratuitous Space Battles - Complete Pack Store November 2, 2017 – 20:12:53 UTC
12573 Humble Indie Bundle 4 BTA CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
12943 Holiday Sale 2011 Gift: Gratuitous Space Battles No Cost November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
14943 Space Bundle Store November 13, 2015 – 21:04:48 UTC
14967 Gratuitous Space Battles Gift November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
15375 Gratuitous Battle Pack Store November 2, 2017 – 20:14:27 UTC
16339 Best of British Indie Bundle Store November 13, 2015 – 21:12:10 UTC
16523 Humble Indie Bundle 6 Bonus CD Key September 10, 2018 – 16:01:47 UTC
18943 Gratuitous Space Battles - Complete Pack Retail CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
25841 Gratuitous Space Battles Free Weekend Free Weekend November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
28225 Gratuitous Space Battles Retail CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
81059 Gratuitous Space Battles Ultimate Collection Store or CD Key October 26, 2018 – 14:37:15 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Downloadable Content

AppID Name Last Updated
41802 Gratuitous Space Battles: Tribe Expansion (Gratuitous Space Battles: The Tribe) August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41803 Gratuitous Space Battles: The Order Expansion (Gratuitous Space Battles: The Order) August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41804 Gratuitous Space Battles: Swarm (Gratuitous Space Battles: The Swarm) August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41805 Gratuitous Space Battles: Nomads (Gratuitous Space Battles: The Nomads) August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41807 GSB: Tribe Expansion Mac August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41808 GSB: Order Expansion Mac August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41809 GSB: Nomads Expansion Mac August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41810 Gratuitous Space Battles - Demo (Gratuitous Space Battles) October 20, 2018 – 09:06:19 UTC
41813 GSB: Swarm Expansion Mac August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41814 Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquest August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41815 GSB: Galactic Conquest Mac August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41816 Gratuitous Space Battles - Parasites DLC (Gratuitous Space Battles: The Parasites) August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC
41817 Gratuitous Space Battles: The Outcasts August 8, 2018 – 11:13:45 UTC

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
41817 Gratuitous Space Battles: The Outcasts 61.96 MiB DLC 41817
41816 Gratuitous Space Battles - Parasites DLC 39.89 MiB Optional DLC 41816
41815 GSB: Galactic Conquest Mac 21.41 MiB Optional DLC 41815
41814 Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquest 72.35 MiB Optional DLC 41814
41813 GSB: Swarm Expansion Mac 16.79 MiB Optional DLC 41813
41809 GSB: Nomads Expansion Mac 10.89 MiB Optional DLC 41809
41808 GSB: Order Expansion Mac 25.34 MiB Optional DLC 41808
41807 GSB: Tribe Expansion Mac 9.87 MiB Optional DLC 41807
41806 GSB mac content 166.87 MiB
41805 Gratuitous Space Battles: Nomads 46.61 MiB Optional DLC 41805
41804 Gratuitous Space Battles: Swarm 54.95 MiB Optional DLC 41804
41803 Gratuitous Space Battles: The Order Expansion 64.66 MiB Optional DLC 41803
41802 Gratuitous Space Battles: Tribe Expansion 46.54 MiB Optional DLC 41802
41801 gratuitous space battles content 264.31 MiB
41818 GSB Linux content 70.77 MiB

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 76235
linux 48764

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1

Raw Information

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
None GSB.exe Default
None Gratuitous Space Battles.app Default
None run_game.sh Default

Configuration

Key Value
installscriptsignature 814c105cc0d2d87a90f788eb4b50eb149fb216b0bcf91564087f5d561c5efe39faf4841b3f4906eb11e3ec1e26ac8c66ac219d41c9fdbdaa285248a6e13e80318e1687386a0f24c8fc882a562be3421107f7edbf517a06d7a9e45cf27006c5d64807ff80543d17870dfa1cefe83f226a67666b0c854a00c79d7cbbfdf55c1d15
contenttype 3
installdir Gratuitous Space Battles
launch See section above

Install Configuration

Run process

Key Value
directx
  • command 1: /silent
  • hasrunkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam\Apps\41800
  • nocleanup: 1
  • process 1: %INSTALLDIR%\directx\DXSETUP.exe

History

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