Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows overview

Overview

Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows comes from Fair Weather Studios and is published by Fair Weather Studios. It arrived on Steam on Dec 11, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, and Mouse Only Option. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:39:03 UTC, with a tracked peak near 13. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 77% positive across 43 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows is available in 1 languages including:

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

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows has sold up to 1,416 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $16,385. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows overview details

Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

A new chapter in the world of Ancient Frontier! Steel Shadows is a standalone RPG set in the epic universe of Ancient Frontier. You do NOT need to own or have played Ancient Frontier to enjoy this content. Take command of a rag tag band of pirates and outlaws as you fight your way across the Frontier for treasure and glory. Delve into our latest turn based tactical RPG. You play as Rogan Harker, a recently freed convict. He travels to the Frontier to find old friends and start a new life. But the overpowering Federation still controls most of the Frontier, and the new and budding Alliance is no fan of outlaws. Hated and feared, the pirate life is one of constant danger. Friends and allies are hard to find and harder still to keep. Beset on all sides can Rogan find fame and fortune with his fledgling pirate fleet? A full campaign with over 20 story missions Over 50 procedurally generated side missions Dynamic initiative-based turn-based combat Purchase, outfit and control the unique Pirate faction ships Hire and assign crew members that gain experience and power along with your ships Hidden unique mercenaries and ships to add to your fleet Experience over 50 random events Customize your play style by unlocking technologies in an extensive Tech Tree Large, detailed space maps to fight across Three different strategic resources to manage Dozens of different weapon systems and abilities to control Includes both free DLCs; Ancient Frontier - The Crew and Ancient Frontier - Quests and Events Will you survive the frontier?

SteamPulse editorial summary

Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, and Mouse Only Option, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:39:03 UTC, a tracked peak of 13, and 77% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyTurn-Based TacticsSpaceSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTacticalProcedural GenerationTactical RPGRPGStrategy RPGIndieSingleplayerResource ManagementFantasy

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