How many people are playing X: Beyond the Frontier right now?

2 people are playing X: Beyond the Frontier on Steam right now, making it the 10448th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 3 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is X: Beyond the Frontier's all-time peak player count?

X: Beyond the Frontier's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 156, reached in March 2015.

Is X: Beyond the Frontier good? What do Steam reviews say?

75% of 298 Steam user reviews are positive (Mostly Positive).

How much does X: Beyond the Frontier cost on Steam?

X: Beyond the Frontier costs $0.99 on Steam (US), 80% off right now. The lowest price we've recorded is $0.49.

X: Beyond the Frontier

by Egosoft · Released Oct 9, 2010

Steam Deck UnknownLinux & Deck: Silver

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Players now

#10,448

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Review score

75% positive

Mostly Positive298 reviews

Owners (est.)200K–500K

24h peak

Highest seen156

Mar 201511.7 years ago

Price on Steam

$0.99 −80%

$4.99Lowest ever $0.49 Dec 2022

Concurrent players

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Editions and bundles on Steam

X: Beyond the FrontierEdition
−80% $4.99 $0.99
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Bundles with this game (3), biggest discount first

X: Origins CollectionBundle
−80% $11.97 $2.37
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−80% $7.98 $1.58
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X Universe - Anniversary CollectionBundle
−79% $332.48 $71.44
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Reviews

75% positive of 298 · Mostly Positive · Live from Steam

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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Nov 17, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC
Build 7728611the current build when we started tracking415 MB on Windows

Patch notes

Nov 10, 2021
PatchCompatibility update published
We know how passionately you play our games and how many of you enjoy revisiting the beginnings of the X series every now and then. To keep it that way, we have just released small patches for X: Beyond the Frontier (1999) and X-Tension (2000), which now ensur…
Sep 28, 2015
PatchSteam Cloud Sync Enabled
We are pleased to announce that Steam Cloud support is now enabled for all games in the X series, to bring the older games in line with X Rebirth. Your savegames will now be synchronised across different PCs using the same Steam account by default. If you do n…

Other news (3)

Oct 3, 2026
Глава Egosoft признался в бутафорской экономике культовой X: Beyond the Frontier
Полноценная экономическая симуляция в серии космических песочниц от немецкой студии Egosoft долгие годы считалась ключевой визитной карточкой франшизы. Однако в ретроспективном видео, посвященном 25-летию серии, основатель и руководитель компании Бернд Лехан с…
Oct 2, 2026
XLOG (German) 🔊 Celebrating 25 Years of XBTF's Magazine Release
In October 2001, X: Beyond the Frontier graced the cover disc of Computer Bild Spiele (CBS), one of Germany's top-selling print games magazines at the time. Appearing on the cover disc provided enormous visibility, bringing the game into countlessly more homes…
Sep 28, 2015
Steam Cloud Sync Enabled
We are pleased to announce that Steam Cloud support is now enabled for all games in the X series, to bring the older games in line with X Rebirth. Your savegames will now be synchronised across different PCs using the same Steam account by default. If you do n…

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 75% on 2026-11-01 → 75% today (298 reviews)

Nov 1, 2026Sale −80%$0.99 (was $4.99)
Nov 1, 2026Price$4.99

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