Faithful MOO2 successor
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“this 2016 reboot finally earns its place as a true sequel to that classic masterpiece.”
Steam review · 425.1 h played ↗
Master of Orion
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%NGD Studios20164X · Grand Strategy · Strategy
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A faithful, pretty and approachable MOO2-style space 4X with voice acting and replayability, but abandoned and prone to "processing turn" freezes. Skip it if you want deep 4X or turn-based combat.
Great for
4X newcomers and MOO2 fans wanting a casual, one-more-turn space empire game, ideally with community patches
Main risk
Game-freezing "processing turn" bugs and crashes in a game abandoned by its developer
What players love
Easy entry point to 4X
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“this game is a fantastic entry point to start learning before going to more complex ones like endless space and galactic civ.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Great voice acting and presentation
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The cutscenes and voice acting make it hilarious.”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗
Addictive one-more-turn gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Fun game, easy to play. Just one more turn until midnight lol.”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗
High replayability and variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Fantastic long term replayability, very solid strategy game especially playing on extreme.”
Steam review · 824 h played ↗
Mods and community patches fix it
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“get the 5x and ucp mods though. They make the game much, much better.”
Steam review · 560.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak real-time combat and ship design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“your fleet considers your orders as silly suggestions to be ignored at their leisure, EVEN WITH THE ADMIRAL AI TURNED OFF.”
Steam review · 81.2 h played ↗
Abandoned and buggy, needs unofficial patches
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“When the workshop has a mod to fix the bugs (220+) in the game, that alone should tell you something.”
Steam review · 47.8 h played ↗
Processing-turn freezes and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“there is a major bug at around turn 250 t0 300 the game goes into "processing turn" and never comes out Game breaking”
Steam review · 52.9 h played ↗
Shallow, dumbed-down systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Lacks depth. Science, exploration, economy and warfare have all been dumbed down and obfuscated.”
Steam review · 56.5 h played ↗
Bad AI and diplomacy
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“In every game, 1 AI opponent has colonized about 100 planets by turn 100.”
Steam review · 44.4 h played ↗
Star lanes restrict movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“I cannot travel from an explored system to an explored system. I have to traverse a roundabout path through out of the way systems”
Steam review · 118.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit)
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.2 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia 240, ATI 4650, Intel Integrated HD 4000 or better
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit)
ProcessorIntel i5 2.8GHz or AMD Athlon X4 3.0GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia 560, ATI 5870 or better
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit)
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.2 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia 240, ATI 4650, Intel Integrated HD 4000 or better
Storage15 GB available space
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