Duke of Alpha Centauri
Skip · Shooter · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $1.49.
- Length
- 2.4h 2.8h to 100%
- Value
- $0.62/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 556 positive
Full price
Today
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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
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Duke of Alpha Centuri is a space shooter with amazing graphics. The main goal of our game is to have a lot of fun while blowing up hordes of different types of enemies. Engage in boss fights, upgrade your ship and ship systems until you are able to show off in an endless mode.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512 MB or higher, 1.6 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 71 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 90 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $1.49 at 95 percent off still sits 204 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 46 percent on value. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Distant Space 2 ($0.49, scores 59) and Distant Space ($0.49, scores 62) both outscore it.
The drop-off
11% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
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1 more review, not recommended
Very short and repetitive game, the achievements are for doing almost every action in the game so nothing too hard. It's definitely not worth 30€. If you want an easy 100% go for It, but other than that stay away.
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Cite this score
Duke of Alpha Centauri scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/567580/duke-of-alpha-centauriReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.