Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.59.
- Story and characters: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 147 sampled reviews
Based on 174 player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 147 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The last 5% of the game consists of dialogue/backstory, which is admittedly interesting- however not enough to make me want to suffer through the absolutely horrid gameplay.
The combat system is interesting and difficult to master, and it's INCREDIBLY satisfying to have a dreadnought that can just blast anything out of the sky whenever you please.
There is an Ur-Quan Masters HD Project available for free that is the polished version with voice acting that people remember and would be actually looking for.
I enjoy DOS games so the graphics / controls is not an issue for me.
Best played with a controller, trying to pilot the ships with keyboard controls is do-able, but you don't get the same precision control.
variant with optional turn-based element (even though the original SC did have AI opponent, it was something designed for hotseat multiplayer) ended up giving a new life to an RPG genre that was slowly declining day by day?
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $1.59 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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