Sid Meier's Starships

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Mixed · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Firaxis Games · Strategy · Mar 12, 2015

Player review score
50%
Mixed
Price
$3.74−75%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
31
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio1 of 10
Subtitles0 of 10

Should I buy Sid Meier's Starships?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 70 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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
25% of themes are praise25% are divided50% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The best part of the game is the combat and the starships.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Best Game Setup: Supremacy Affinity, Sochua as Leader, Epic Map, Max Opponents (6), Hard Difficulty (takes about 3-4 hours; less goes quicker, more longer), and All Victory types.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game visuals and music are nice, and the missions you get from visiting a planet have a good variety.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Combat52 reviews
Difficulty46 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
63% still recommend
Monetization
25% still recommend
Co-op
25% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
44% still recommend
Crashes
21% still recommend
Interface
53% still recommend
Multiplayer
50% still recommend
Bugs
33% still recommend
Performance
0% 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
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$3.74$14.99−75%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

9 points recordedtoday · $3.74

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