Worth buying? What 280 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 280 Steam reviews actually say.
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 56 min ago
A deep, slow space trading and combat sandbox with a living economy and huge freedom, but no tutorial and a clunky UI. Skip it if you want hand-holding; many fans suggest Terran Conflict first.
Great for
Patient players who love open-ended space trading, empire building and learning complex systems
Main risk
No tutorial plus an obtuse UI and controls make it feel impenetrable, so you may quit within hours
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This game truly lets you be whoever you want to be in space. A smuggler, a pirate, military, sole trader or the head of a commercial empire- the choice is yours.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The simulation is a mile wide, but also a mile deep. You can actually fulfil the fantasy of owning a massive space empire of factories and fleets”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“x3 is beautiful. In that regard no space-sim title, to this day, can compete with the third generation of the x series.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“If you like Space games you have to own at least 1 X game, because it's a Classic.”
Steam review · 133.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“One can play thru a scripted scenario or play in sandbox mode either as a good guy or a pirate. Endlessly re-playable.”
Steam review · 424.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“It's like getting your first driver's lesson by being teleported into a car on a busy freeway with no prior training and no trainer on board.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Worst interface ever, just plain stupid layout, menus in menus in menus.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Unplayable due to constant crashes (seems to happen every half hour).”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“you have a ship, it moves slowly along towards things, you have to watch it for several minutes while nothing at all happens.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Get X3: Terran Conflict instead. It's the same game but better in every way.”
Steam review · 44 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 16 negative reviews
“Problem...there is no voice ingame.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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+ Deep ship building and strategy
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+ Extremely active, responsive developer
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analyzed 1 d ago
+ Better than the first game
− Unpolished, buggy and not ready for Early Access
analyzed 2 d ago
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