Master of Orion 2
BANGER · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $5.99.
- Length
- 9.7h
- Value
- $0.62/hr
- Reviews
- 96% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7, 164 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.79, set in October 2018. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 23 in the 10 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Master of Orion ($24.99, scores 41) and ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition ($9.99, scores 60).
$11.76 is where it would stop being a BANGER. It is priced at $5.99.
1 of the 338 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 184 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
9.7 hours to finish it, 23 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.4 times the campaign.
Players
179 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 00:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Been playing Master of Orion 2 since I was a kid, and I still come back to it even after all these years. The gameplay is simple but addictive, and every game brings back a ton of nostalgia. One of those old games that never really gets old. Definitely recommend it if you like classic strategy games.
The absolute Classic - Have hundreds of hours in it since release. Still so good!
Every space empire game in the last three decades is trying to be Master of Orion 2 2
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Master of Orion 2 scores 94/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/410980/master-of-orion-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 Sep 26, price as of Sep 28.
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