Space Menace Is Free on Steam Until September 24
The giveaway is paired with a discount on Space Menace 2, so Only4Gamers is using the free original to pull players toward the paid sequel.
Key Facts
- Only4Gamers began a free giveaway of Space Menace on Steam on September 17, running until 2:00 AM on September 24.
- Space Menace normally costs 905 yen including tax on Steam.
- Space Menace 2, the sequel released in 2025, is on sale at 60 percent off for 540 yen including tax, down from 1,350 yen.
- Space Menace was released in November 2022 and holds a 57 percent positive rating from 38 user reviews on Steam.
- Space Menace is a top-down real-time strategy game where players start with one spaceship and build faction reputation through missions.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Developer Only4Gamers began a limited-time free giveaway of Space Menace on Steam on September 17. The giveaway runs until 2:00 AM on September 24. Players who add the game to their library during that window keep it at no cost afterward. The regular price is 905 yen including tax. Space Menace is a top-down real-time strategy game set in space. The player starts with a single spaceship, takes missions from factions, builds reputation, and uses the rewards to upgrade and construct ships. Ships can be specialized for roles such as EMP or as carriers that launch fighters. The game was released in November 2022. On Steam it holds a 57 percent positive rating from 38 user reviews, a Mixed rating, with players responding to the variety of builds and the simple, casual combat. A sequel, Space Menace 2, appeared in 2025 and is currently 60 percent off at 540 yen including tax, down from 1,350 yen.
The giveaway is the latest promotion for a game that has built a niche following since its November 2022 launch. The Steam user rating sits at 57 percent positive from 38 reviews, a Mixed score, though players single out the range of viable builds and combat that stays simple and casual.
Ship customization drives that variety. Vessels can be fitted for specialist roles such as EMP or configured as carriers that deploy fighters, letting each hull fill a distinct job in a fleet.
- Space Menace: free to keep on Steam from September 17 until 2:00 AM on September 24; regular price 905 yen including tax.
- Space Menace 2: released July 2025, on sale at 60 percent off for 540 yen including tax, down from 1,350 yen, also until September 24.
Game Spark describes the sequel as brushed up overall, naming its pacing and fleet customization as the areas that received attention. The first game casts the player as a freelance captain who takes missions from the factions scattered across the map. Reputation rises or falls with those choices, and the rewards feed directly into upgrades and new construction. Combat plays out in a 2D top-down view, with fleet expansion and fighter preparation as the main levers. Only4Gamers frames a run around the idea that a player's decisions determine the fate of the galaxy.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.