Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $5.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
- Gameplay: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 453 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.
Even decades after its debut, its streamlined yet strategically rich design continues to resonate with players who appreciate thoughtful turn-based gameplay and the thrill of guiding a fledgling civilization toward galactic dominance.
MOO1 is certainly worth an effort, I just don't have the chops for Windows 10 telling me to run DOSBOXConf from the start menu, doing so, and Windows telling me it doesn't exist.
At the start of each campaign, players select one of several distinct alien races, each with unique traits that influence research, diplomacy, population growth, or combat efficiency.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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.
Currently $5.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
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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