ShipLord

Worth buying? What 257 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 257 Steam reviews actually say.

Mixed · 48%Mixed · 48%2015

$4.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 22, 2026: $0.49

The verdict

A simple, no-weapons asteroid-dodging arcade game with decent visuals and tough boss fights, but repetitive levels and laggy controls. Skip it at full price; only worth it for pennies.

Great for

Fans of retro arcade dodgers who want a cheap, challenging time-killer with achievements and cards

Main risk

Repetitive, boring levels with clunky controls that feel overpriced unless bought nearly free

What players love

Good graphics and space backgrounds

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Everything in this game looks awesome, special environment - those moving planets looks awesome!”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

“the backdrops are drawn beautifully, the planets really turned out well”
Steam review · translated · 2.8 h played ↗

Challenging, satisfying arcade gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“It gets really hard fast but it feels satisfying when you beat level.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

“when you finally succeed, you feel like you truly accomplished something that not every gamer would be able to do”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗

“This is the kind of game where, when you die near the end of a stage, you don't rage but gladly jump back in.”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

Fun, addictive time killer

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“If you want some game to kill your time and have fun? Then this is game for you.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“a good time-killer for playing at the office”
Steam review · translated · 0.3 h played ↗

Good music and soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Fantastic soundtrack and memorable moments.”
Steam review · 63.4 h played ↗

“Pretty simple, nice soundtrack.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

Cheap on sale, with cards

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Got this game for $0.22 as part of a discounted bundle from Just1337. Very pleased, definitely got my money's worth.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗

“bought the game for 5 rubles, got 13 rubles' worth of cards”
Steam review · translated · 2.5 h played ↗

Fun boss fights

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“the boss fights were exceptionally fun”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗

“The most fun aspect of the game were the boss levels”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive and boring gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“It gets repetitive after about a minute.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

“What you play on level 1 is the nearly the exact same that you play on level 14, except the rocks move significantly faster.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗

“Boredom, dreariness, not interesting, walk on by.”
Steam review · translated · 11.8 h played ↗

Clunky, laggy controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“if you move your mouse too fast the spaceship moves on a delay”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

“Just dodging asteroids with floaty controls. Ship lags behinds mouse cursor.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗

“Serious lag of the ship sprite behind the cursor, resulting in partial control and constant crashes.”
Steam review · translated · 18.3 h played ↗

Overpriced for what it offers

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“It wasn't worth the money when it used to cost $0.99, it's still not worth the money now that the greedy dev multiplied the price by 11.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗

“How does this crap cost 700 rubles? 15 at most....”
Steam review · translated · 2.5 h played ↗

“The big problem with this game is the price. 11GBP at time of writing is too much for a fairly basic, fairly short game with no real story.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

Dated, low-quality visuals and audio

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“1986 MSX level gameplay with browsergame graphics means you are going back in time (and not in a good way).”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“The backgrounds contain elements that look like gameplay elements (stars that look like the items you're supposed to collect, moons that look like the asteroids you're supposed to dodge, etc) which interfere with smooth gameplay.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

No shooting despite bullet hell tag

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Have you ever thought "I like Asteroids but I wish I couldn't shoot the asteroids." Yeah me neither.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗

“A bullethell game that you cant shoot back in.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Unfair difficulty, hitboxes and RNG

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“RNG is bejong unfair at this point and predicting just becomes absolute zero”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗

“the hit boxes can be 3 inches away from a rock and it hits me LIKE HOW??”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWindows 7 or later

ProcessorIntel dual core 2.0 Ghz

Memory512 MB RAM

Graphics512 MB or higher

Storage2 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7 or 8

ProcessorIntel dual core 2.4 Ghz

Memory1 GB RAM

Graphics1GB or higher

Storage2 GB available space

OSWindows 7 or later

ProcessorIntel dual core 2.0 Ghz

Memory512 MB RAM

Graphics512 MB or higher

Storage2 GB available space

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