StarDrive 2
Skip · Strategy · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.75/hr
- Reviews▼
- 55% of 2,102
- Critics
- 70 players 15 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 97% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8h
- Achievements
- 34
Price and sales
- Sales
- 57 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $1.24 February 2021
- Sale every
- 32d last February 2021
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 3% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
77% 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
57 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 299 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 97 percent. Slipways ($16.99, scores 75) outscores it, and so does Tharsis ($14.99, scores 27). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about StarDrive 2
Critics scored it 70, but players land 15 points lower at 55 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
This site sampled 308 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 25 percent of the 107 reviews written there were positive, against 55 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 2092 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
MUST USE TEST VERSION TO PLAY ON NEWER MACHINES! after doing so enjoy! this game is quite similar to stellaris and Masters of orion. The BEST feature in my opinion is the ship building aspect and how its visually represented. super fun game, glad people kept it alive.
1 more review, not recommended
The game had big potential but was never properly finished. The latest version is still a buggy mess. I played it for over 150 hours because I love space strategy games. But there are much much better alternatives, for example: distant words 2.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1 GB nVidia Geforce GT460 or equivalent, 500 MB ATI HD4850 or equivalent, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
StarDrive 2 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/252450/stardrive-2Reviews 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.