Universe Sandbox
Worth it · Strategy · 2015 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $20.09, a BANGER if it drops to $17.57.
- Cost per hour▼
- $7.73/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 32,626
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Early access
Why
Score at full price
Score today
Watch this gameOne alert at $17.57 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 2.6h
- To 100%
- 134.9h 51.9x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 75 on record
- Typical cut
- 33% off
- Steam low
- $14.99 August 2017
- Sale every
- 40d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 242 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 75 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 33 percent, about 6 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $17.57. The record reaches that level 14 times.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Kerbal Space Program ($39.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats SpaceEngine ($29.99, scores 57).
More about Universe Sandbox
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 50 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 3,017 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 2.6 hours; clearing it takes 135, which is 52 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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
What players say
it was laggy at first but after setting a lot of setting to low it ran so well i think this is my new space game :)
1 more review
it is worth the $30 because you can do many things (destroy the solar system) + (make stuff habitable) etc...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 4 GB Video Memory†, Shader Model 6.0, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Universe Sandbox scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/230290/universe-sandboxReviews 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.