Shortest Trip to Earth
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
- Price:$5.97
- Release Date:8/15/2019
- Developer:Interactive Fate
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:12/18/2025
- Steam App Id:812040
Shortest Trip to Earth
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Shortest Trip to Earth has 10 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 83% lower than its previous all-time peak of 58 players achieved on 11/29/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Shortest Trip to Earth. It has received a total of 1,418 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 74 (Mostly Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Shortest Trip to Earth. Right now, it costs $5.97 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Shortest Trip to Earth and its growth over time. It currently has 21,484 followers on its community page.
About Shortest Trip to Earth
Shortest Trip to Earth is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game developed by Interactive Fate. On 8/15/2019, it was released on the Steam Store by Interactive Fate , and Iceberg Interactive.
Players have rated Shortest Trip to Earth as "Mostly Positive" out of 1,418 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 1,095 positive reviews and 323 negative reviews — an overall 77% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $5.97 which is a 77% discount off its base price. It can also be purchased through Art of Survival which gives a discount off its base price. The game also has a total of 3 DLC add-ons including: Shortest Trip to Earth - The Old Enemies, Shortest Trip to Earth - One Last Run, and Shortest Trip to Earth - Supporters Pack available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Shortest Trip to Earth on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
According to Steam’s category system, Shortest Trip to Earth supports the following features:
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
From the Steam community, Shortest Trip to Earth has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Action Roguelike
- Roguelike
- Difficult
- Roguelite
- Aliens
- Tactical
- Choices Matter
- Replay Value
- Simulation
- Spaceships
- Space Sim
- Resource Management
- Survival
- Sci-fi
- Strategy
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Space
- Exploration
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Shortest Trip to Earth and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Shortest Trip to Earth is referenced by 3 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shortest Trip to Earth - The Old Enemies | DLC | 11/5/2020 | View |
 | Shortest Trip to Earth - One Last Run | DLC | 11/28/2025 | View |
 | Shortest Trip to Earth - Supporters Pack | DLC | 10/23/2019 | View |
Related Bundles
Shortest Trip to Earth is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Art of Survival | 6 | 6 | $15.90 | View |
Related Packages
Shortest Trip to Earth is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Shortest Trip to Earth | $24.99 | View |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Shortest Trip to Earth data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 18). Shortest Trip to Earth on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/812040
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 18). Shortest Trip to Earth. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/812040
- Interactive Fate. (2023, July 21). Shortest Trip to Earth. Shortest Trip to Earth. https://shortesttriptoearth.fandom.com/wiki/Player_Ships