X3: Reunion
Skip · Strategy · 2006
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 34, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.08/hr
- Reviews▼
- 72% of 744
- Critics
- 71 players 1 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 39% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 24.8h
Price and sales
- Sales
- 87 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 September 2024
- Sale every
- 44d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 10 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 43% of its genre
Price and player charts
Players
- Players online
- 10 when we last checked, on Oct 16, 21:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
The value story
The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.99, set in September 2024. It has been discounted 87 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart.
Its score puts it in the top 39 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, X3: Terran Conflict ($3.19, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Cosmonautica ($9.99, scores 2).
More about X3: Reunion
1 of the 263 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 46 percent of the 140 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 24 percent of everything written about it.
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
TL;DR - Not recommended unless you're playing it for completion's sake. X2 and X3:Terran Conflict are better experiences. If you're exploring the X-Universe, I'd suggest playing X2, then skipping straight to Terran Conflict. My Steam hours are not correct as didn't run the game though Steam. I probably have 60+ hours of gametime. I completed the story and did all the missions to get my own HQ. I ran the EXE directly...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I would love to play this the concept is great but the mechanics are so bad I used to play one version of this and built a empire but this time or this version I give up. So I get pirate to bail out and I try to claim his ship but it wont let me then trying to get back in my ship it wont let me then I get so close I collide and die. This is just the last of many bugs that make the game not playable.
X3: Reunion from Egosoft is a space simulation that fully commits to the idea of player-driven freedom, offering a universe that feels less like a guided experience and more like an open-ended system waiting to be understood and shaped. Rather than funneling players through tightly scripted missions, it drops them into a sprawling network of sectors connected by jumpgates and lets them decide what kind of life they...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128MB 3D card compatible with Direct X 9, 4.5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
X3: Reunion scores 34/100 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/2810/x3-reunionReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.