ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

Fair · Strategy · 2012

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$9.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$2.4975% offFair

Cost per hourS
$0.65/hr
Reviews▼
81% of 9,620
Critics
77 players 4 higher
Genre rank
Top 9% Strategy

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
15.4h
To 100%
114.9h 7.5x the story
Achievements
93

Price and sales

Sales
77 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$0.99 May 2019
Sale every
47d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
42 now
Cheaper than
29% of its genre
Better reviewed
80% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

34% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 77 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 9 percent. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, ENDLESS Legend™ ($29.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ ($9.99, scores 9).

More about ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

Of the 501 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 45 percent of the 560 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 15.4 hours; clearing it takes 115, which is 7.5 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 16 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.65/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds1 of 501 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Would be a great game, if the company hadn't decided to go into data grabbing business. Now its just a contagious corpse in my hidden games graveyard.
kohlenstoffNot recommendedafter 337hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
GO WOKE, GO BROKE. No corpo telling you to suck their politics deserves support. Regardless of if the game is good or not.
SleelNot recommendedafter 2228hAug 2026Read on Steam
I honestly wanted to like this game, but I don't. While it is initially interesting, it falls flat on its face later on. It has the typical problem many 4x games have: bloated, overcomplicated spreadsheet UI which despite that, does not even give you all the important information you actually need. Most of the gameplay is windows that you open and close. What is it with 4X games and their obsession with...
Bone3aterNot recommendedafter 19hAug 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256 MB DX9 Compliant, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Cite this score

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ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition scores 60/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/208140/endless-space-definitive-edition
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Reviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+4
Critics77
Players81
Metacritic critics · 9,620 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperAMPLITUDE Studios
PublisherAMPLITUDE Studios
GenreStrategy
Released2012
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements93