Distant Worlds: Universe overview

Overview

Distant Worlds: Universe comes from Code Force and is published by Slitherine Ltd.. It arrived on Steam on May 23, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Distant Worlds: Universe's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 2 players at 13 September 2026 - 07:04:50 UTC, with a tracked peak near 24. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 75% positive across 1,847 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Distant Worlds: Universe is available in 1 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including usk, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Distant Worlds: Universe has sold up to 101,000 units and has 1,417 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $3,900,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Distant Worlds: Universe overview details

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

Steam Store description

The Universe is Yours! Distant Worlds: Universe is the newest chapter of this critically acclaimed sci-fi series, adding incredible new features and an exciting new storyline. Universe is also the ultimate collector’s edition, the first time all previous Distant Worlds releases have been included in one package, along with an updated manual and greatly expanded modding support. Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game. Vast galaxies are made to order: up to 1400 star systems, with up to 50,000 planets, moons and asteroids. Galaxies are so deep, fun and immersive that you won’t want to finish the game. Build, expand and improve your empire while playing through one of the storylines, with victory conditions or in an open-ended sandbox mode. Each galaxy is packed with life and activity. Encounter other empires, independent alien colonies, traders, pirates and space monsters. Explore star systems, asteroid fields, gas clouds, supernovae, galactic storms and black holes. Discover evidence of civilizations long since past, uncovering secrets about the galaxy's troubled history... Best of all, you can play the game your way: enjoy a quick, intense game in a crowded sector of space or take your time in an epic game spread across a vast galaxy! Distant Worlds: Universe contains all of the following: Features: Truly Epic-Scale Galaxies: play in galaxies with up to 1400 star systems an…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Distant Worlds: Universe is listed as a game with $29.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 2 players at 13 September 2026 - 07:04:50 UTC, a tracked peak of 24, and 75% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Strategy4XSpaceSci-fiSimulationGrand StrategySingleplayerReal-TimeRTSReal-Time with PauseModdableSandbox2DIndieAdventure

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