Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters

Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters

Steam Deck Unsupported

Pistol Shrimp · Exploration · Feb 19, 2024

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

95%
Very Positive
385 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 113 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 385 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game play is classic, the story and dialogue fun as hell, the music awesome, the atmosphere is a vibe, as the kids say.
113 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
It is ridiculously immersive in its worldbuilding and gameplay, the battles are incredibly rewarding and do require some skill (you will have to play super melee here and there to get good with certain spacecrafts) and the universe is humongous (not all of it is useful in its vastness but oh well).
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I have to applaud the voice acting, especially for how old the game is.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It is ridiculously immersive in its worldbuilding and gameplay, the battles are incredibly rewarding and do require some skill (you will have to play super melee here and there to get good with certain spacecrafts) and the universe is humongous (not all of it is useful in its vastness but oh well).
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Ok, the graphics are completely pixelly, but you can't beat this price.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Oh and it works perfect on Steam Deck, with the added music!
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Story and characters113 reviews
Combat63 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Gameplay27 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Steam Deck14 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.