Spacelords

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mixed · 61%Mixed · 61%2017

Free to play

US Steam price, checked 1 h ago

The verdict

A stylish co-op third-person shooter with a unique rock-paper-scissors melee system, but it's abandoned, nearly empty and has forced PvP invaders. Skip it if you play solo or hate grind.

Great for

Groups of 3-4 friends who want a quirky, stylish co-op shooter with unusual melee mechanics

Main risk

Dead matchmaking and forced antagonist PvP against high-level players make it hard to enjoy

What players love

Great art direction and characters

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“very cool game, love the characters and their designs.”
Steam review · 211.5 h played ↗

“Art style is very different. Characters, weapons, and levels are all very unique and beautifully designed.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“Bright, well-crafted characters, interesting missions with varied objectives and funny cutscenes.”
Steam review · translated · 24.5 h played ↗

Fun story, humor and cutscenes

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The cutscenes are hilarious”
Steam review · 282.7 h played ↗

“Good Free 2 Play game with humor and Amazing story .”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗

Unique melee and combat system

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“It has the the most unique combat system I've ever played. and it feels good.”
Steam review · 49.8 h played ↗

“the combat is addictive and rewarding, combo-ing CQC is impactful and fun”
Steam review · 66.2 h played ↗

“Relaly fun co op third person action game that plays like a cross between gears of war and and a beat em up.”
Steam review · 17 h played ↗

Best with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Community is mostly dead but it's still fun as heck, with friends it's perfect.”
Steam review · 57.5 h played ↗

“If you can get at least 2 other people, its peak.”
Steam review · 113.4 h played ↗

Fun, varied missions and replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“most characters can be used in multiple ways and each mission is better played with a different character encouraging you to experiment”
Steam review · 381.5 h played ↗

“No new updates and yet the game has lots of replayability!”
Steam review · 238.6 h played ↗

What players complain about

Dead playerbase and long matchmaking

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Solo play is locked behind Multiplayer which is DEAD. Waited an hour and still haven't found a match!”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

“20 minutes multiplayer queue, just to be then paired with bots.”
Steam review · 214.8 h played ↗

“24-hour peak is 15, and I don't feel like playing with Billy, Willy and Dilly (the bots).”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

Forced antagonist PvP and unfair matchmaking

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Mercury Steam made the terrible decision to have forced PVP in a PVE game with no way to turn it off.”
Steam review · 36.7 h played ↗

“you will be matched against scrublord123 who has the best passives, weapons and cheese tactics to make sure you do not have fun.”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗

“You get an antagonist with a purple level 1, who one-shots anyone. Nice balance.”
Steam review · translated · 121.8 h played ↗

Heavy grind, timers and paywalls

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The grind is terrible, just hands down, phone gacha game levels of terrible to unlock anything.”
Steam review · 131.7 h played ↗

“I made a weapon that took 16 hours. You could pay to skip the timer if you want.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗

Abandoned by developers, no new content

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Same missions, no new content, and the eternal matchmaking.”
Steam review · 214.8 h played ↗

“Don't bother, really, this has been abandoned.”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗

“Abandoned by the devs.”
Steam review · translated · 169.7 h played ↗

Connection and lag problems (P2P)

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Spacelords is what happens when you make an awesome multiplayer game but never make dedicated servers for it.”
Steam review · 31.5 h played ↗

“Search - game found - could not connect - OK - could not connect - OK - could not...”
Steam review · translated · 40.6 h played ↗

Poor tutorial, no chat, clunky controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Nearly useless tutorial -No training mode”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“A PC co-op game with no chat options what so ever.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7 or 8

ProcessorIntel i5 4460/AMD FX6300

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGTX560/AMD R7 260 (2GB graphics)

Storage10 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10

Processori7 3770/AMD FX8350

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsGTX760/AMD Radeon R9 290x (4GB recommended)

Storage10 GB available space

OSWindows 7 or 8

ProcessorIntel i5 4460/AMD FX6300

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGTX560/AMD R7 260 (2GB graphics)

Storage10 GB available space

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