Starpoint Gemini 2

Starpoint Gemini 2

Skip · RPG · 2014

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 27, under the fair line, at $34.99.

Cost per hourS
$1.06/hr
Reviews▼
70% of 4,121
Critics
70
Genre rank
Top 57% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
33h
To 100%
63.5h 1.9x the story
Finish
13% reach the ending
Achievements
52

Price and sales

Sales
133 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$3.49 December 2023
Sale every
32d last October 2026
Lowest now $5.24 at Fanaticalall-time low $2.80 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
5 now
Cheaper than
4% of its genre
Better reviewed
28% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

31% start to 13% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 133 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 72 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Starpoint Gemini Warlords ($34.99, scores 33) beats it on value, while it beats Rebel Galaxy Outlaw ($29.99, scores 12).

More about Starpoint Gemini 2

Steam's global achievement data puts about 13 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 33-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 247 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 41 percent of the 459 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 19 days ago.

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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$1.06/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement13% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
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
Refunds0 of 247 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

I can't believe I never posted a review for this game. Starpoint Gemini 2 is truly a gem. I was deployed and had a weird itch to just zoom around in space in a big ship with the ability to divert power to engines, shields, or guns. I know it only shows I played for 28 hours at the time of this review, but I was playing this back when we didn't have internet connectivity, almost all of my time played was offline (I...
YARR!Recommendedafter 28hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
This game is simple and fun. get your ship and grow from a minnow to a shark. it's good fun, and the workshop/community has some great mods that can enhance the experience.
RedRecommendedafter 24hJun 2026Read on Steam
the story doesn't really grip you until about 3 hrs in, but it's really well done, voice acting is laughable, the controls flat out suck, it's a bit of a grind fly to location fight, rinse and repeat. The story takes awhile to get rolling but when it does, it's the best part of this game. Getting this game on sale is your best option if you ask me. Some may like it others may not, but I give it a thumbs up for the...
vereen70Recommendedafter 15hMay 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 10 compliant graphics card with 512MB RAM, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Starpoint Gemini 2 scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/236150/starpoint-gemini-2
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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 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players0
Critics70
Players70
Metacritic critics · 4,121 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperLittle Green Men Games
PublisherLittle Green Men Games
GenreRPG
Released2014
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements52