Spacebase Startopia
Skip · Multiplayer · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 2, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Length
- 15.8h 16.5h to 100%
- Value
- $2.53/hr
- Reviews
- 56% of 662 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 43 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 92 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Anno 2205™ ($39.99, scores 25) and The Crust ($31.99, scores 41) both outscore it.
More about Spacebase Startopia
Critics scored it 69, but players land 13 points lower at 56 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
7 of the 373 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 795 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 200 have a larger share.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
The drop-off
52% start to 1% 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
A tentative yes. Aside from improved visuals its lost alot of its spark from the original.
2 more reviews
for a game made in the late 90s - its still pretty awesome to be able to swing back through and play this - <3
I have fond memories of the original Startopia. When the bad reviews came out I avoided this and I wish I played this sooner. I'm really enjoying Spacebase Startopia. Any issues it may have had on release have been fixed.
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Cite this score
Spacebase Startopia scores 2/100 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/840390/spacebase-startopiaReviews 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 Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.