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Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War

Volition Inc. · published by Interplay Inc. · released May 7, 2014 · data updated Oct 23, 2026

SpaceActionSci-fi

by Volition Inc., published by Interplay Inc.

Volition's classic is back. Descent: FreeSpace is the quintessential old school space shooter. With a deep story, great graphics and engaging battles against fighters to capital ships it keeps you moving. Breakout that

Released May 7, 2014

Steam figures

	Value	As of
Steam reviews	Mostly Positive · 77% positive of 234 Steam reviews	Oct 23, 2026
Followers on Steam	No followers data for this game yet
Regular US price	$19.99	Oct 20, 2026
Twitch peak viewers	16	Sep 27, 2026

New Steam reviews per month

Month	New positive	New negative
Jan 2026	2	0
Jun 2026	1	0
Jul 2026	1	0
Aug 2026	1	1

Sales estimate

Copies sold on Steam	4k – 24k
Gross revenue on Steam	$74k – $250k before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut
Steam reviews by buyers	234	Oct 23, 2026
Copies per review	17–99

Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. How this is estimated

Tag DNA

Tag	Share of Steam games
Spaceships	1 in 440 games
6DOF	1 in 133 games
Space Sim	1 in 91 games
Flight	1 in 64 games
Real Time Tactics	1 in 42 games
Space	1 in 20 games
FPS	1 in 17 games
Shooter	1 in 10 games

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