Fringes of the Empire overview

Overview

Fringes of the Empire comes from Lost Astronaut Studios and is published by Lost Astronaut Studios. It arrived on Steam on Nov 16, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Includes level editor, 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

Fringes of the Empire's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:31:27 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 50% positive across 2 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Fringes of the Empire is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Fringes of the Empire has sold up to 93 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $794. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Fringes of the Empire overview details

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

Steam Store description

Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Space RPG!! Roguelike RPG + Top-Down Shooter = Fringes of the Empire 2D classic retro-style gameplay PC XBOX Controller Support, with other controllers to be supported soon Fully custom engine for Windows systems Mix of techniques: pixel art alongside 3D and 2.5D shading techniques, specifically tailored to Desktop systems Tell your own story: Extensive modding features allow you to quickly create your own game content using included graphics or custom ones (total conversion is possible) This isn't just shoot shoot shoot, you have to participate in the game's plot It's the year 2600 AD, and the Earth is devastated by a hundred-year long war with a rogue A.I. superbrain. After awaking from cryonic sleep for over 300 years, you discover your parents are dead and you've been picked as the pilot of a salvaged pre-war vessel. Quickly renamed as the UFS Intrepid, the experimental craft was pieced together by engineers working in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Old Earth, Terran System. Your first mission is to go where no one has gone for hundreds of years: to the very station that destroyed planet Earth. Soon you discovered you're recruited into the UFSE, a growing multi-species stellar federation that is just beginning to explore the galaxy near their homeworlds. Powerful alien species and the run-of-the-mill riff-raff face down in the cold blackness of space. Remnants of the old empires hold clues to your survival as you build one of humanity's greatest achievements: the deep space station named Starbase Central. Soon after your maiden v…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Fringes of the Empire is listed as a game with $0.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Includes level editor, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:31:27 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 50% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionCasualAdventureIndieRPGEarly AccessSci-fi

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Support and legal notes

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