Base One
Skip · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 2, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 6.7h
- Value
- $3.73/hr
- Reviews
- 37% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 6 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2023 is where it bottomed out, at $4.24. It has been discounted 26 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 12 weeks between sales.
It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Starmancer ($14.99, scores 6) beats it on value, while it beats Star Trek: Infinite ($29.99, scores 0).
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 6.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 4 of the 457 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2021 to August 2026.
The drop-off
78% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 6.7-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Base One scores 2/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1471040/base-oneReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 1.
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