App Store ratings
166
0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026- Average rating
- 4.7
Mobile game · 2011
Space Borders: Alien Encounter
Command massive star ships in a large-scale war, against a powerful alien force! Put your tactical skills to work and protect humanity and Earth from certain annihilation. Space Borders is a 2D space RTS game, which features lots of gameplay depth, colorful graphics, cool special effects & a great overall atmosphere. Build up your fleet by choosing from 15 different types of ships (with unique abilities). Harvest resources to buy new ships, power-ups and upgrade your mothership. Protect friendly ships and stations from attacks & ambushes. Create custom formations of fighters, destroyers, carriers & support vessels. Coordinate your ships to gain tactical advantages in difficult situations. Use superweapons to destroy large clusters of enemies. Distract the enemy with special powers and much more...
Estimated daily players
~5000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 50–3K
Estimated total players
~10,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 5K–20K
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
Dec 22, 2011iOS
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Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play Space Borders: Alien Encounter, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.
Estimated daily players
~500
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 50 – 3K
No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.
Estimated total players
~10,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 5K – 20K
Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.
Estimated total players over time
2 readings · last 2 days
Average estimated players per month
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~10,000 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Space Borders: Alien Encounter where it is sold.
Community signals
How many people gather around Space Borders: Alien Encounter outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for Space Borders: Alien Encounter: Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.
Storyline
In the late 23rd century humans have populated most of Earth. Troubled by the poor quality of life and the excessive amount of damage inflicted on Earth, they decide to plant new colonies on distant planets. The Earth military (EDF or Earth Defense Fleet) is in charge of organizing and carrying out this immense project. During the colonization, the EDF encounters a new life form, which turns out to be extremely hostile. Multiple attacks on EDF key installations, as well as on a research ship, force the EDF to improvise new strategies for a full evacuation. You are a high ranking officer of the EDF, who is in the midst of all the action. Make sure you all get back home to Earth safe & sound.
Frequently asked questions
How many people play Space Borders: Alien Encounter?
We estimate that about 10,000 people have played Space Borders: Alien Encounter — plausibly between 5K and 20K. Around 500 of them play on a given day, in a range of 50 and 3K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Is Space Borders: Alien Encounter still active?
Yes. Space Borders: Alien Encounter is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.
How are the Space Borders: Alien Encounter player estimates worked out?
Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.
When was Space Borders: Alien Encounter released?
Space Borders: Alien Encounter was released on December 22, 2011 for iOS.
What platforms is Space Borders: Alien Encounter available on?
Space Borders: Alien Encounter is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).