Strong nostalgia and childhood memories
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“This game is nostalgia in a bottle”
Steam review · 409.4 h played ↗
Ace of Spades: Battle Builder
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 65%Mixed · 65%Jagex LimitedShooter · FPS · Action
The verdict
Once-loved voxel shooter mixing Minecraft-style building with class-based combat, but official servers are shut down and the game is delisted, so it's essentially unplayable. Don't buy it.
Great for
Nostalgic fans who already own it and want to try community servers or revival launchers
Main risk
Official servers are shut down and the game is delisted, so it's effectively unplayable
What players love
Great with friends and varied modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“It was a very well-developed cubic shooter with various modes like VIP protection, wall-vs-wall battles, zombie virus and so on.”
Steam review · translated · 105.7 h played ↗
Fun destructible, buildable voxel combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It is a very unique game, combining building and FPS.”
Steam review · 1051.3 h played ↗
Community servers and revival efforts exist
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“now there's community hosted servers that work perfectly, can even play with bots”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Servers shut down, game unplayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Now that the game got sunset years ago I at the very least expected a singleplayer mode where I could run around in an empty map.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Jagex ruined the original game
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Jagex just had to do what they do best, destroy the core gameplay that made this game unique by turning it into just another shooter.”
Steam review · 29.8 h played ↗
Original/free versions are better
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The original Ace of Spades is now called OpenSpades. Its much better than this.”
Steam review · 16.8 h played ↗
Empty servers and dead playerbase
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Bought the game long ago. Logged in again, but the servers are simply empty, nobody to play with.”
Steam review · translated · 6.4 h played ↗
Cash-grab DLC and abandoned updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“turned into a DLC riddled cashgrab that eventually shut the servers down”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Unbalanced classes, dominant sniper
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“until the Marksman class became so dominant that it unbalanced the gameplay and became a One-Shot-One-Kill sniper death match”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown500 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP with SP3 / Vista / 7
Processor2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor or AMD equivalent
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics800 x 600 Minimum Resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support or better.
Storage500 MB free
Recommended
OSWindows XP with SP3 / Vista / 7
Processor2.6+ GHz Intel Quad Core Processor or AMD equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics800 x 600 Minimum Resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support or better.
Storage500 MB free
OSWindows XP with SP3 / Vista / 7
Processor2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor or AMD equivalent
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics800 x 600 Minimum Resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support or better.
Storage500 MB free
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