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Master of Orion 1 cover art

Master of Orion 1

SimTex · Wargaming Labs · 2016-02-25

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 25, 2016 (Mac), Feb 25, 2016 (Linux), Sep 06, 1993 (DOS)

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.

Master of Orion 1 is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $5.99, with Very Positive reviews (89% of 455 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

58
playing now
89%
positive of 455 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 6.6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

58 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Master of Orion is a turn-based, 4X science fiction strategy game in which the player leads one of ten races to dominate the galaxy through a combination of diplomacy and conquest while developing technology, exploring and colonizing star systems.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 58 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 65% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 14,061 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 455 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

90342026-09-15 01:00 — 71 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 36 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 50 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 79 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 42 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 56 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 58 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 40 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 60 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 84 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 43 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 65 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 51 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 57 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 71 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 55 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 37 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 55 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 70 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 48 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 63 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 55 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 58 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
607Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 16 · peak 44Jul 2016 — avg 10 · peak 23Nov 2016 — avg 22 · peak 54Mar 2017 — avg 19 · peak 44Jul 2017 — avg 19 · peak 37Nov 2017 — avg 24 · peak 44Mar 2018 — avg 24 · peak 49Jul 2018 — avg 29 · peak 57Nov 2018 — avg 32 · peak 58Mar 2019 — avg 30 · peak 60Jul 2019 — avg 32 · peak 55Nov 2019 — avg 30 · peak 54Mar 2020 — avg 40 · peak 77Jul 2020 — avg 40 · peak 64Nov 2020 — avg 40 · peak 65Mar 2021 — avg 39 · peak 67Jul 2021 — avg 40 · peak 71Nov 2021 — avg 41 · peak 74Mar 2022 — avg 46 · peak 78Jul 2022 — avg 45 · peak 80Nov 2022 — avg 48 · peak 95Mar 2023 — avg 54 · peak 90Jul 2023 — avg 48 · peak 79Nov 2023 — avg 53 · peak 87Mar 2024 — avg 55 · peak 95Jul 2024 — avg 51 · peak 77Nov 2024 — avg 48 · peak 86Mar 2025 — avg 49 · peak 90Jul 2025 — avg 54 · peak 92Nov 2025 — avg 54 · peak 91Mar 2026 — avg 57 · peak 97Jul 2026 — avg 53 · peak 88Aug 2026 — avg 54 · peak 90
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$0.442015-01-012021-02-152015-01-01 — best price $2.952015-07-30 — best price $2.952016-08-01 — best price $2.952016-09-04 — best price $49.992016-10-21 — best price $2.952016-11-06 — best price $49.992016-11-29 — best price $49.992016-12-05 — best price $2.952017-01-02 — best price $2.952017-02-20 — best price $2.952017-04-17 — best price $1.332017-06-20 — best price $24.992017-09-21 — best price $0.722017-11-20 — best price $0.652017-12-06 — best price $5.992017-12-29 — best price $5.992018-01-08 — best price $5.992018-02-16 — best price $5.992018-05-04 — best price $5.992018-06-07 — best price $1.202018-06-22 — best price $2.992018-07-19 — best price $3.002018-10-30 — best price $1.792018-11-21 — best price $1.792018-12-20 — best price $1.792019-02-04 — best price $3.292019-06-25 — best price $2.992019-07-18 — best price $2.992019-10-28 — best price $3.292019-11-26 — best price $3.292019-12-19 — best price $3.292020-01-23 — best price $2.092020-06-25 — best price $2.392020-09-12 — best price $3.592020-10-29 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.392021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

250542026-06-01 — 117 pageviews2026-06-05 — 95 pageviews2026-06-09 — 83 pageviews2026-06-13 — 63 pageviews2026-06-17 — 87 pageviews2026-06-21 — 82 pageviews2026-06-25 — 83 pageviews2026-06-29 — 73 pageviews2026-07-03 — 86 pageviews2026-07-07 — 89 pageviews2026-07-11 — 104 pageviews2026-07-15 — 71 pageviews2026-07-19 — 73 pageviews2026-07-23 — 86 pageviews2026-07-27 — 94 pageviews2026-07-31 — 54 pageviews2026-08-04 — 78 pageviews2026-08-08 — 80 pageviews2026-08-12 — 85 pageviews2026-08-16 — 90 pageviews2026-08-20 — 81 pageviews2026-08-24 — 118 pageviews2026-08-28 — 91 pageviews2026-09-01 — 109 pageviews2026-09-05 — 91 pageviews2026-09-09 — 111 pageviews2026-09-13 — 79 pageviews2026-09-17 — 91 pageviews2026-09-21 — 93 pageviews2026-09-25 — 75 pageviews2026-09-29 — 98 pageviews2026-10-03 — 78 pageviews2026-10-07 — 77 pageviews2026-10-10 — 104 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

2D4XSpace1990'sSci-fiClassicStrategyTurn-BasedSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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