Greatly improved by patches since launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The game was buggy at release, but running v4.3, and at approx 1800hrs in, I have experienced precisely ONE bug”
Steam review · 1710.5 h played ↗
X Rebirth
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 42%Mixed · 42%Egosoft2013Space Sim · Simulation · Action
−80%$29.99$5.99
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A rough, clunky X spin-off with one flyable ship, lovely stations and a campaign. Patches and mods help a lot, but series veterans and players wanting an easy start should skip it.
Great for
Patient players who like atmospheric space visuals, a campaign, and modding a flawed game bought on sale
Main risk
Obtuse UI, weak tutorial and one-ship limits make it feel unlike older X games
What players love
Mods fix many annoyances
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“And just like with the old X games, mods fix the things that Egosoft won't or didn't (yet).”
Steam review · 69.1 h played ↗
Deep empire building, trading and fleet command
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I really enjoyed building a fine tuned self sustaining virtically integrated conglomerate.”
Steam review · 891.3 h played ↗
Gorgeous, atmospheric stations and space
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I can't stress enough how immersive and atmospheric this game is.”
Steam review · 433.8 h played ↗
More accessible entry to the X series
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“The combination of a more story driven play through and access to fly only one ship made this the perfect entry into the X series of games.”
Steam review · 102.7 h played ↗
Engaging story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“X Rebirth has an engaging story.”
Steam review · 357.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Confusing UI, menus and poor tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The interface is almost unusable”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Bugs and broken missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Pretty much every campaign mission has had a bug or other issue.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Only one flyable ship
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“X2 flying any ship from fighter to capital ship, X4 fly any ship........X3 you can fly one ship that it.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Dull station walking and repetitive minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“walk through awfully designed, boring interiors talking to even more generic NPCs”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Broken trading, orders and lifeless AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“More than 99% of ships (this is not an exaggeration) circle around stations in an endless loop”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Highways are tedious and eject you
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“doing so chucks you out of the highway at insane speeds and very far from it”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit) or higher
ProcessorIntel i-Series at 2GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GT400 series with 512MB RAM or better, ATI 4870HD with 512MB RAM or better
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit) or higher
ProcessorIntel i5 (Quad) or i7 at 2.5GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GT500 series with 1GB RAM or better, ATI 5870HD with 1GB RAM or better
Storage12 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit) or higher
ProcessorIntel i-Series at 2GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GT400 series with 512MB RAM or better, ATI 4870HD with 512MB RAM or better
Storage8 GB available space
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