The Fermi Paradox
Skip · Strategy · 2021 · Early Access
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $18.99.
- Length
- 3.1h
- Value
- $6.13/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DX10, DX11, DX12 capable., 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.
What drives the score
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $15.19, set in September 2021. 28 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 20 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 36 percent on value. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Stardeus ($29.99, scores 43) beats it on value, while it beats Starmancer ($14.99, scores 6).
Of the 520 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 9 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,725 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 714 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 123 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
# The Fermi Paradox Review - A Small Sci-Fi Game With Big Questions The Fermi Paradox is a game built around one of the most interesting questions in science fiction: if the universe is so huge, where is everybody? Instead of turning that idea into a traditional space strategy game, The Fermi Paradox takes a more thoughtful approach. You are not just building ships, conquering planets, or managing resources. You are...
Honestly this is a great game and I recommend you at least give a try, the art is great, the music is good, concepts brought up in the game are good, and its mostly very relaxing except for the last.. half an hour? when you got multiple star civilizations going, also, its just really fun seeing how the art of a species changes through the ages
As other recent reviews have pointed out, this game seems to have lost support. That being said, its current state wasn't too dissimilar to how it was on release, though that's not exactly for the better. This game has a lot of potential in its concept, but even ignoring small grievances, (such as the flare system, (which was improved over the demo, to be fair,) needing to zoom in on every planet to check...
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The Fermi Paradox scores 36/100 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/1543150/the-fermi-paradoxReviews 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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