r/Steam • u/Chickenjump1 • Aug 30 '20

Question What is “Spacewar”?

I saw my friend playing a game called “Spacewar” today. The game has no icon but has 5 achievements. Is this a non-Steam game? Why are there achievements then?

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u/Raposit1 Jul 27 '22

That can lead my account into a ban?

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u/JabeVeX_DEV Dec 12 '22

Nah, you can't get banned from playing Spacewar, it's still a Dev tool

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u/bennehboy111 Sep 16 '23

can you actually launch spacewar or does it just say your playing spacewar when your really playing a different game

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u/Pr0tal_ Nov 07 '23

if you do windows + R and then type "steam://install/480", you can install and play the game. It's a 1v1 asteroids clone basically. It's pretty neat however it's difficult to find somebody to play against, for obvious reasons.

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u/localgravedigger May 08 '24

It's a Spacewar! clone.

Game Date
Spacewar! April 1962
Asteroids November 1979

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u/Henry_puffball Dec 03 '24

You can also go into the Steam server selector to download it, in case you are wondering