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Master of Orion cover art

Master of Orion

NGD Studios · Wargaming Labs · 2016-08-25

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 25, 2016 (Linux), Aug 25, 2016 (Mac), Aug 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.

282
playing now
77%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
74/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

282 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars is a science fiction turn-based strategy 4X game. It is the fourth game in the Master of Orion series and a reboot of the series, developed by Argentina-based Nimble Giant Entertainment and published by Wargaming. The game was released on Steam Early Access on February 26, 2016, with a full release planned on Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux later in 2016.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 282 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 135 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 204k–491k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,175 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2022-02-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days · $26.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3931542026-08-06 22:00 — 257 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 169 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 245 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 302 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 211 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 294 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 359 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 212 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 287 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 349 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 154 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 244 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 284 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 169 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 244 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 272 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 183 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 341 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 364 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 195 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 218 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 337 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 247 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 296 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 371 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 227 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 203 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 346 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 282 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$3.742015-09-142026-08-302015-09-14 — best price $39.992016-10-03 — best price $26.992016-11-02 — best price $17.992016-12-01 — best price $14.992016-12-27 — best price $29.992017-02-24 — best price $29.992017-04-21 — best price $29.992017-05-25 — best price $29.992017-08-07 — best price $14.992017-11-21 — best price $10.192018-01-08 — best price $29.992018-03-05 — best price $14.992018-05-23 — best price $26.992018-06-22 — best price $10.192018-08-02 — best price $29.992018-10-08 — best price $10.192018-12-21 — best price $7.492019-03-10 — best price $29.992019-07-02 — best price $29.992019-08-29 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $10.492020-01-24 — best price $10.492020-03-30 — best price $29.992020-07-01 — best price $11.992020-09-28 — best price $29.992020-12-12 — best price $29.992021-01-25 — best price $26.092021-04-26 — best price $12.492021-09-27 — best price $24.992021-11-26 — best price $11.992022-02-04 — best price $10.492022-06-28 — best price $29.992022-12-16 — best price $32.392023-10-23 — best price $11.992026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

74152026-05-31 — 47 pageviews2026-06-03 — 42 pageviews2026-06-06 — 30 pageviews2026-06-09 — 21 pageviews2026-06-12 — 25 pageviews2026-06-15 — 30 pageviews2026-06-18 — 26 pageviews2026-06-21 — 15 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-27 — 74 pageviews2026-06-30 — 23 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-09 — 22 pageviews2026-07-12 — 39 pageviews2026-07-15 — 31 pageviews2026-07-18 — 45 pageviews2026-07-21 — 26 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-30 — 26 pageviews2026-08-02 — 29 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 31 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 43 pageviews2026-08-26 — 18 pageviews2026-08-28 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.5%
earned "One Small Step"
17.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Polish, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,6410%102

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

4XCo-opSpaceActionRemakeSci-fiClassicStrategyTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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