Slipways overview

Overview

Slipways comes from Beetlewing and is published by Beetlewing. It arrived on Steam on Jun 3, 2021, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Slipways's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 18 players at 3 October 2026 - 22:20:12 UTC, with a tracked peak near 129. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 2,274 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Slipways is available in 6 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Slipways has sold up to 69,330 units and has 2,236 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $808,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Slipways overview details

Slipways combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Slipways takes the space grand strategy genre and condenses the best parts of it down by throwing away all the micromanagement and the steep learning curve. The result is a unique blend of the strategy and puzzle genres in which you can finish a run quickly, but still have a deep experience full of tough decisions. MAKE TRADE, NOT WAR Colonize planets, carefully pick industries and hook everything up so that your planets support each other. Line everything up just right and watch your colonies evolve and grow, giving you even more options for profitable trade. Make long-term plans and bask in your own glory when that one last connection makes six planets upgrade at the same time and gives you the income you desperately need. There is no military aspect to pull your focus away from the economy. The game is more relaxed than your typical grand strategy. It's all about exploring space and its endless opportunities, shaping it to your whim and developing it to its full potential. No need for war with so much empty universe to claim. FASTER THAN LIGHT Forget about tedious micromanagement and waiting for ships to be built. In Slipways, every action you take has immediate consequences, and every choice you make is of paramount importance. Your planets govern themselves while you focus on making the right decisions to get them what they need. You'll waste none of your precious time on busywork. A single run takes 40-60 minutes and they are all filled with the good stuff. TECH IT UP A NOTCH There are no boring technologies here. Instead of making a single building 20% more efficien…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Slipways is listed as a game with $16.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 18 players at 3 October 2026 - 22:20:12 UTC, a tracked peak of 129, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyPuzzleTurn-Based StrategyRelaxingSandboxTurn-BasedSci-fiResource ManagementEconomyProcedural GenerationManagementScienceBuildingFuturistic4X

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