Space Pirates And Zombies 2

Space Pirates And Zombies 2

Fair · RPG · 2017

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; 50% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$19.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$9.9950% offFair

Cost per hourA
$1.22/hr
Reviews▼
79% of 2,841
Genre rank
Top 18% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at $9.99 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
16.4h
To 100%
18.9h 1.2x the story
Finish
23% reach the ending
Achievements
42

Price and sales

Sales
80 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$3.99 June 2026
Sale every
37d last October 2026
Lowest now $9.99 at GOGall-time low $3.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
5 now
Cheaper than
10% of its genre
Better reviewed
72% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

93% start to 23% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 80 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 18 percent. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Endless Sky (free, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Between the Stars ($29.99, scores 35).

More about Space Pirates And Zombies 2

Steam's global achievement data puts 23 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. This site sampled 420 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 27 percent of the 271 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 19 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$1.22/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement23% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 420 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

Where's my S.P.A.Z.3? 😕 Really, this was one of my favorite games I always end up thinking about, and recently went back to. It does so much right. The strategy, the RNG, the AI feeling like actual people you can care about, or hate, and this was well before the AI slop era. Even with a lack of voice line variety, the execution is done so well, that it makes me appreciate each character, even when they share the...
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 85hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A cautious thumbs up for this one. I had fun with it for a bit, but imo it has some balance problems, and the early game is kind of brutal too especially if you're new to the game. Once you get going though, it's fun to customise your ship build (although the interface is somewhat clunky). Don't play it for the story either it's kind of bland.
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 32hAug 2026Read on Steam
This one does not feel anywhere as good as the first. Much more janky with a learning curve that feels much more difficult.
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 27hAug 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Design and then improve the ultimate mothership. Explore a persistent living galaxy populated by 200 unique captains that can do everything you can do. Survive the zombie infection and then fight them back. Make allies and start your own faction. Build your empire. Also includes Sandbox Mode.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1GB 3D DirectX 9 Compatible video card, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Space Pirates And Zombies 2 scores 51/100 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/252470/space-pirates-and-zombies-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 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperMinMax Games Ltd.
PublisherMinMax Games Ltd.
GenreRPG
Released2017
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements42