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Slipways

By Beetlewing

Strategy Puzzle Turn-Based Strategy Relaxing Sandbox Sci-fi Turn-Based Resource Management EconomyProcedural GenerationManagementScience

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Reviews 2,246 Very Positive

Players yesterday 10 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Slipways is a game tagged Strategy, Puzzle and Turn-Based Strategy by Beetlewing, released Jun 3, 2021. It has 2,246 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Pre-Warp Age, Island Dwellers and Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond.

Weave isolated planets into a vast trade empire. Hatch plans. Research game-breaking technologies. Still be done in time for lunch. Enjoy the endless possibilities of a space grand strategy game in 60 minutes flat.

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Pre-Warp Age 77% match · Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-Based Strategy
Island Dwellers 70% match · Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-Based Strategy
Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond 66% match · Strategy, Sandbox, Sci-fi
Solar Settlers 66% match · Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-Based Strategy
Sternenreich 65% match · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Relaxing
Pax Nova 65% match · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Sci-fi
Tempus Inceptum 64% match · Strategy, Sandbox, Resource Management
Myriads: Renaissance 64% match · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based
Ancient Frontier 63% match · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Sci-fi
Pharmakon - Tactical Puzzle 63% match · Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-Based Strategy

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Slipways · record updated 22 hours ago

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Overview

App ID1264280

Release dateJun 3, 2021

Last change number39472415

Last record update22 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Beetlewing
Publisher: Beetlewing
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies: Unity detected
Website: slipways.net

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam CloudSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$16.99

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Lowest seen · US$16.99Oct 25, 2026

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
15946357	public	Oct 7, 2024
13741165	previous	Oct 7, 2024

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
1264281	—	Windows	716.4 MB	472.0 MB	6520647778771720003
1264282	—	macOS	763.3 MB	483.1 MB	3017957947949100432

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	15946357	Oct 7, 2024	Open
previous The previous version of the game, for when something goes wrong with an update.	13741165	Oct 7, 2024	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Slipways

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Slipways.exe		Windows
Slipways.app		macOS
Slipways.exe	-low	Windows	Play (safe graphics settings)
Slipways.app	-low	macOS	Play (safe graphics settings)

Space per player47.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Beetlewing/slipways/saves	*	All

Achievements

Achievements720 hidden

Most unlocked53.3%Don't Spend It All in One Place

Rarest0.1%Campaign - Triumph (Tough)

Don't Spend It All in One Place Reach an income of 120$ per year at any point in a standard run. 53.3%
Spreading Sentience Colonize 100 planets across all your games. 51.2%
Getting Comfortable Complete a standard run with a rank of 3 gold stars or higher. 39.6%
Sampling the Menu Finish a run with each of the 5 council races. 30.5%
Road to the Stars Build a total of 600 connections across all your runs. 29.8%
On A Mission Complete any campaign mission. 29.4%
The End to All Struggle Finish a standard run with at least 24 planets and no struggling planets. 24.4%
Structural Integrity Build and activate 10 non-relay structures in a single run. 20.3%
Gold Plating Complete a standard run with a rank of 5 gold stars or higher. 18.7%
High Energy Content Produce and export 12 energy in a single run. 16.1%
Not Kansas Anymore Complete a run featuring a sector with quirks. 14.7%
Who Needs Rest? Finish a 5-star standard run without using the "skip to next year" action. 14.5%
Equal to the Task Complete 8 council tasks in a standard run. 13.8%
Act One - Finish Complete 4 campaign missions with any rank. 13.3%
Trade is Booming Create 12 new trade routes in a single year. 12.1%
Peace and Prosperity Upgrade 10 planets to prosperous or higher in a standard run. 11.2%
Ship the Whole Planet Away Export 7 resources from a single planet. 9.7%
Vogon Constructor Fleet Blow up or collapse 8 planets in a single run. 8.5%

All 72 achievements

Passion Projects Establish a planetary project on 17 planets in a single run. 8.4%
Hot Destination Provide a total of 7 imports to a single planet. 8.3%
Indistinguishable From Magic Invent 12 techs in a standard run. 7.8%
Furthest Reaches Finish a 5-star standard run while reaching the "Monumental" empire size at 50 planets. 7.5%
Slipways Institute of Technology Establish a lab making 12 science or more. 6.4%
Act Two - Finish Complete 8 campaign missions with any rank. 5.7%
Shape the Universe Turn 8 planets into a different planet type in a single run. 5.3%
One for the Ages Upgrade a planet to legendary status. 4.3%
Getting Comfortable (Tough) Complete a standard run with a rank of 3 gold stars or higher (tough difficulty). 3%
Popular Culture Produce and export 15 culture in a single run. 2.6%
The End to All Struggle (Tough) Finish a standard run with at least 24 planets and no struggling planets (tough difficulty). 2.6%
Ooh, Shiny! Complete a standard run with a full platinum rank. 2.6%
Act One - Victory Complete 4 campaign missions with a rank of 3 gold stars or better. 2.3%
Campaign - Finished! Complete all 13 campaign missions with any rank. 2.2%
Gold Plating (Tough) Complete a standard run with a rank of 5 gold stars or higher (tough difficulty). 2.1%
Don't Spend It All in One Place (Tough) Reach an income of 120$ per year at any point in a standard run (tough difficulty). 1.9%
Doubleplushappy Achieve a happiness of 200% in a standard run. 1.8%
Equal to the Task (Tough) Complete 8 council tasks in a standard run (tough difficulty). 1.7%
Rock Preservation Society Finish a 5-star standard run without destroying or settling an asteroid. 1.7%
Graph Theory Create a relay network connecting 8 planets or more. 1.7%
Peace and Prosperity (Tough) Upgrade 10 planets to prosperous or higher in a standard run (tough difficulty). 1.6%
Only Imperial Stormtroopers Finish a 5-star standard run without using undo. 1.4%
Who Needs Rest? (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run without using the "skip to next year" action (tough difficulty). 1.1%
Act Two - Victory Complete 8 campaign missions with a rank of 3 gold stars or better. 1%
Act One - Triumph Complete 4 campaign missions with a perfect platinum rank. 0.9%
Indistinguishable From Magic (Tough) Invent 12 techs in a standard run (tough difficulty). 0.9%
Luddite Appeasement Act Finish a 5-star standard run without ever producing a bot. 0.8%
Devoid of Structure Finish a 5-star standard run without building a single structure. 0.8%
Gourmand Finish a run with each of the 25 available perks. 0.7%
Act One - Finish (Tough) Complete 4 campaign missions with any rank (tough difficulty). 0.6%
That's How You Do Equality Finish a 5-star standard run with all planets at prosperous or higher. 0.5%
Furthest Reaches (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run while reaching the "Monumental" empire size at 50 planets (tough difficulty). 0.5%
Bite-Sized Empire Finish a 5-star standard run while colonizing only 20 planets or less. 0.5%
Ooh, Shiny! (Tough) Complete a standard run with a full platinum rank (tough difficulty). 0.5%
Act Two - Triumph Complete 8 campaign missions with a perfect platinum rank. 0.5%
Campaign - Victory Complete all 13 campaign missions with a rank of 3 gold stars or better. 0.5%
Doubleplushappy (Tough) Achieve a happiness of 200% in a standard run (tough difficulty). 0.4%
Act One - Victory (Tough) Complete 4 campaign missions with a rank of 3 gold stars or better (tough difficulty). 0.3%
Waste Not Finish a 5-star standard run with every single resource being exported. 0.3%
Rock Preservation Society (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run without destroying or settling an asteroid (tough difficulty). 0.3%
Luddite Appeasement Act (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run without ever producing a bot (tough difficulty). 0.3%
Devoid of Structure (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run without building a single structure (tough difficulty). 0.3%
Only Imperial Stormtroopers (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run without using undo (tough difficulty). 0.3%
Act Two - Finish (Tough) Complete 8 campaign missions with any rank (tough difficulty). 0.3%
Campaign - Triumph Complete all 13 campaign missions with a perfect platinum rank. 0.3%
That's How You Do Equality (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run with all planets at prosperous or higher (tough difficulty). 0.2%
Act One - Triumph (Tough) Complete 4 campaign missions with a perfect platinum rank (tough difficulty). 0.2%
Waste Not (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run with every single resource being exported (tough difficulty). 0.2%
Bite-Sized Empire (Tough) Finish a 5-star standard run while colonizing only 20 planets or less (tough difficulty). 0.2%
Act Two - Victory (Tough) Complete 8 campaign missions with a rank of 3 gold stars or better (tough difficulty). 0.2%
Act Two - Triumph (Tough) Complete 8 campaign missions with a perfect platinum rank (tough difficulty). 0.2%
Campaign - Finished! (Tough) Complete all 13 campaign missions with any rank (tough difficulty). 0.2%
Campaign - Victory (Tough) Complete all 13 campaign missions a rank of 3 gold stars or better (tough difficulty). 0.1%
Campaign - Triumph (Tough) Complete all 13 campaign missions with a perfect platinum rank (tough difficulty). 0.1%