Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 10:56 UTC | 5 |
| 06:55 UTC | 3 |
| 02:54 UTC | 0 |
| 31 Oct, 22:54 UTC | 2 |
| 31 Oct, 18:53 UTC | 12 |
| 31 Oct, 14:52 UTC | 1 |
| 31 Oct, 10:51 UTC | 2 |
| 31 Oct, 06:50 UTC | 3 |
| 31 Oct, 02:50 UTC | 4 |
| 30 Oct, 22:49 UTC | 2 |
| 30 Oct, 18:48 UTC | 3 |
| 30 Oct, 14:47 UTC | 3 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchNovember 2023 | 27 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onFebruary 2024 | 9 | 32% | About average (better than 61% of 9,259 other games) |
| 12 months onNovember 2024 | 4 | 15% | About average (better than 41% of 7,793 other games) |
Retro Commander kept 32% of the average players it had at its launch in November 2023 after 3 months and 15% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Update 2.36.174 - Outpost & Carrier Orb SPUs (26 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 4.6× the week before's average. Since it came out, players were level with the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Update 2.36.174 - Outpost & Carrier Orb SPUs26 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.1 of 7 days; 5.6 of 7 days so far | 12 (4.6×) | 0% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 3 | 0 | +5.3% | 5 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 3 | 0 | −17.8% | 12 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 3 | −1 | −18.9% | 12 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 4 | −1 | −16.3% | 12 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 5 | +1 | +14.9% | 14 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 4 | 0 | −6.2% | 16 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 4 | 0 | +2.4% | 12 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 4 | −1 | −22.9% | 16 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 5 | +1 | +24.8% | 19 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 4 | −2 | −27.7% | 10 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 6 | +1 | +29% | 16 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 5 | 0 | −2.8% | 14 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 5 | 0 | −2.3% | 13 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 5 | 0 | +8.8% | 12 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | −1 | −20.2% | 11 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 6 | 0 | +0.4% | 16 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 6 | 0 | +6.8% | 14 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 5 | 0 | +1.8% | 21 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 5 | 0 | +9% | 14 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 5 | +2 | +50.2% | 18 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 3 | −1 | −26.7% | 11 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 4 | −1 | −26% | 14 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 6 | +2 | +34.2% | 25 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 4 | 0 | +8.9% | 14 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 4 | −1 | −14.2% | 16 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 5 | +1 | +19.9% | 18 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 4 | 0 | −11.4% | 13 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 4 | −1 | −19% | 12 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 5 | 0 | −6.2% | 18 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 6 | −1 | −9.3% | 17 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 6 | −1 | −8.2% | 19 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 7 | −1 | −11.6% | 21 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 8 | −1 | −9.1% | 20 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 9 | −1 | −6.8% | 22 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 9 | −18 | −66.2% | 25 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 27 | +3 | +13.2% | 104 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 24 | +21 | +672% | 158 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 3 | −1 | −21.5% | 12 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 4 | 0 | +6.2% | 14 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 4 | 0 | +0.8% | 13 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 4 | +1 | +62.2% | 11 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 2 | 0 | −12.8% | 9 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 3 | 0 | −8.2% | 12 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 3 | 0 | +3.3% | 11 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 3 | −2 | −44.4% | 10 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 5 | +1 | +27% | 20 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 4 | 0 | +9.1% | 13 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 4 | 0 | −4.3% | 13 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 4 | −1 | −13.6% | 17 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 4 | +1 | +16% | 18 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 4 | −2 | −34.8% | 15 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 6 | −4 | −40.1% | 16 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 9 | −3 | −26.7% | 25 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 13 | +1 | +9.9% | 35 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 12 | — | — | 49 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.