Ancient Space
Skip · Strategy · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.88/hr
- Reviews▼
- 44% of 374
- Genre rank
- Top 100% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 22.7h
- Achievements
- 30
Price and sales
- Sales
- 97 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 December 2015
- Sale every
- 38d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 1% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
46% start to <1% rarestThis 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 97 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander ($19.99, scores 86) outscores it, and so does Distant Worlds: Universe ($29.99, scores 29). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
What players say
I don't know when i bought the game but i wanted to give it another try today and I think it is barely playable. Selecting units is pure horror or maybe I am missing something. It seems the game does not want me to split fleets and don't let me do selective attack orders. The list of ships in a sector (upper left corner) is useless except when double clicking. Not switching camera to the selected ships makes single...
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
Gameplay was more tedious than fun. You can tell the developer put a lot into this game, but unfortunately, the gameplay is just not fun for me. What makes it tedious? Getting your ships to go places. Yup. Moving your ships gets tedious.
Felt so bland from the start, I never bothered starting it up again after it crashed. Which it would shortly after every time I decided to give it a go. Also, Paradox Interactive...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent, 20 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Ancient Space scores 0/100 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/249190/ancient-spaceReviews 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 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.