Sid Meier's Starships

Sid Meier's Starships

Steam Deck Playable

Firaxis Games · Strategy · Mar 12, 2015

It depends on what you're after.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $3.74.

50%
Mixed
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 59 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 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
11% of themes are praise56% are divided33% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Probably much better as PvP.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love1 theme
Multiplayer9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay50 reviews
42%
Difficulty38 reviews
76%
Story and characters32 reviews
63%
Graphics31 reviews
52%
Interface19 reviews
53%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat59 reviews
66%
Crashes20 reviews
20%
Bugs10 reviews
50%

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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
50%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
31
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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