Space Rangers HD: A War Apart

Buy94%

Very Positive · 7k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

SNK Games · Space · Oct 17, 2013

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
82
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio0 of 2
Subtitles0 of 2

Should I buy Space Rangers HD: A War Apart?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 7k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
79 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Unlimited freedom, sandbox and hardcore are the main features of the "space simulator" genre.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The narrative is engaging, situating players in a galaxy under siege from the Dominators, a race of sentient AI.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
New weapons, brand new weapon effects - new ways to perform beautiful 2D combat.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The 2020 Space Rangers 2, with a good graphics and new content, but still the same.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
While the soundtrack is quite good, every single track is very distinctive and in a game that offers a great amount of playtime, it all gets very repetitive and a music mod would come in handy.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay79 reviews
Story60 reviews
Combat49 reviews
Graphics24 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
71% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.24.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99