The Game Census
Master of Orion 1 cover art

Master of Orion 1

SimTex · Wargaming Labs · 2016-02-25

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

39
playing now
90%
positive of 453 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$5.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 453 total reviews — how this is computed.

Players online

75322026-08-11 18:00 — 54 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 38 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 51 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 43 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 40 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 66 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 61 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 43 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 66 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 59 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 72 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 57 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 32 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 55 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 57 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 66 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 47 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 49 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 60 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 40 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 75 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 71 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-04 — 78 pageviews2026-06-07 — 250 pageviews2026-06-10 — 69 pageviews2026-06-13 — 63 pageviews2026-06-16 — 66 pageviews2026-06-19 — 76 pageviews2026-06-22 — 91 pageviews2026-06-25 — 83 pageviews2026-06-28 — 67 pageviews2026-07-01 — 76 pageviews2026-07-04 — 75 pageviews2026-07-07 — 89 pageviews2026-07-10 — 86 pageviews2026-07-13 — 85 pageviews2026-07-16 — 81 pageviews2026-07-19 — 73 pageviews2026-07-22 — 83 pageviews2026-07-25 — 76 pageviews2026-07-28 — 100 pageviews2026-07-31 — 54 pageviews2026-08-03 — 74 pageviews2026-08-06 — 78 pageviews2026-08-09 — 98 pageviews2026-08-12 — 85 pageviews2026-08-15 — 99 pageviews2026-08-18 — 73 pageviews2026-08-21 — 76 pageviews2026-08-24 — 118 pageviews2026-08-27 — 85 pageviews2026-08-29 — 103 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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