Exogate Initiative
Skip · Strategy · 2025
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 14.9h
- Value
- $1.68/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 736 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 2GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon RX 560, Geforce GTX 1050), 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 29 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 36 percent on value. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Cliff Empire ($17.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Desynced ($29.99, scores 35).
More about Exogate Initiative
This site sampled 463 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2023 to August 2026.
The drop-off
61% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 11 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 23:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Ive enjoyed it. I was a fan of SG1 so its got nostalgia vibes (its deffo not Stargate ;] ) Just over 20 hours now and the nostalgia is starting to wear off a bit. Its still fun but it feels like the loop is starting to get repetitive and i've ran out of content. For that id say only get it on sale as judging from comments there probs wont be any more content going forward.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's Evil Genius, except you're in charge of SG-1 instead of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Pretty good fun, though it's held back from true greatness by some repetition, animation jank and the annoying real time combat segments. Thankfully, the Freeplay mode gives the option to turn the latter off.
I suspected this game would be problematic for me when the opening sentence from the devs told me that they appreciate how much their customers enjoy figuring things out on their own, so they won't bore me with a long tutorial... what a crock of S#*t. As a result of "finding things out on my own" I've had to restart the game three times because I wasn't provided with much needed information. Now, after investing a...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Exogate Initiative scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1681060/exogate-initiativeReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.