Endless Sky

Endless Sky

Worth it · RPG · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
92% of 7,152
Genre rank
Top 2% RPG

Time and effort

Main story
8.9h
To 100%
98.8h 11.1x the story

Players and genre

Online
77 now
Better reviewed
96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is better reviewed than 96 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Rebel Galaxy ($19.99, scores 70) and 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey ($14.99, scores 56) both come in lower.

It is still busy. 77 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 5, 11:47 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about Endless Sky

Finishing takes 8.9 hours; clearing it takes 99, which is 11 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

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 hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach1.5M+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 748 MB of memory, OpenGL 3.0, 348 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Endless Sky scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/404410/endless-sky
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperMichael Zahniser
PublisherMichael Zahniser
GenreRPG
Released2015
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate