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Master of Orion

NGD Studios · Wargaming Labs · 2016-08-25

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

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.

Master of Orion is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 8191 reviews).

311
playing now
77%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

311 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 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.

Trailer

Master of Orion trailer thumbnail

Master of Orion: Conquer The Stars - Official Cinematic Release Trailer

≈453,128 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 311 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 4% of 14,371 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 205k–492k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,208 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 48 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

4311412026-09-16 05:00 — 158 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 201 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 308 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 232 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 226 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 311 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 199 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 167 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 361 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 266 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 163 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 267 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 226 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 198 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 371 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 247 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 141 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 234 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 312 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 212 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 224 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 292 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 209 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 311 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k0Jun 2015Aug 2026Jun 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2015 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2016 — avg 382 · peak 4,635Jun 2016 — avg 389 · peak 1,220Oct 2016 — avg 766 · peak 1,708Feb 2017 — avg 756 · peak 1,605Jun 2017 — avg 540 · peak 1,392Oct 2017 — avg 370 · peak 705Feb 2018 — avg 342 · peak 659Jun 2018 — avg 334 · peak 804Oct 2018 — avg 327 · peak 592Feb 2019 — avg 369 · peak 725Jun 2019 — avg 284 · peak 539Oct 2019 — avg 289 · peak 542Feb 2020 — avg 354 · peak 675Jun 2020 — avg 373 · peak 690Oct 2020 — avg 347 · peak 588Feb 2021 — avg 373 · peak 644Jun 2021 — avg 314 · peak 576Oct 2021 — avg 299 · peak 512Feb 2022 — avg 489 · peak 1,227Jun 2022 — avg 308 · peak 530Oct 2022 — avg 318 · peak 550Feb 2023 — avg 420 · peak 1,007Jun 2023 — avg 295 · peak 499Oct 2023 — avg 283 · peak 494Feb 2024 — avg 369 · peak 750Jun 2024 — avg 292 · peak 491Oct 2024 — avg 284 · peak 496Feb 2025 — avg 322 · peak 565Jun 2025 — avg 284 · peak 475Oct 2025 — avg 266 · peak 452Feb 2026 — avg 285 · peak 505Jun 2026 — avg 265 · peak 453Aug 2026 — avg 259 · peak 475
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-252026-10-152026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$3.742015-09-142026-10-152015-09-14 — best price $39.992016-10-17 — best price $25.492016-11-23 — best price $17.992016-12-23 — best price $14.992017-02-24 — best price $29.992017-04-29 — best price $14.992017-07-05 — best price $29.992017-10-26 — best price $29.992018-01-08 — best price $29.992018-04-16 — best price $14.992018-06-07 — best price $9.902018-07-19 — best price $9.002018-10-08 — best price $10.192019-01-04 — best price $29.992019-05-30 — best price $10.492019-08-12 — best price $20.992019-11-26 — best price $10.492020-01-30 — best price $28.652020-05-12 — best price $24.992020-09-14 — best price $24.992020-12-12 — best price $29.992021-02-11 — best price $12.492021-06-24 — best price $9.992021-11-03 — best price $29.992022-02-04 — best price $10.492022-07-29 — best price $10.492023-02-16 — best price $3.742026-08-31 — best price $29.992026-09-10 — best price $29.992026-09-20 — best price $29.992026-09-30 — best price $29.992026-10-10 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

52172026-05-31 — 47 pageviews2026-06-04 — 23 pageviews2026-06-08 — 36 pageviews2026-06-12 — 25 pageviews2026-06-16 — 22 pageviews2026-06-20 — 26 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-02 — 20 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 33 pageviews2026-07-14 — 28 pageviews2026-07-18 — 45 pageviews2026-07-22 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 23 pageviews2026-07-30 — 26 pageviews2026-08-03 — 35 pageviews2026-08-07 — 28 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-15 — 32 pageviews2026-08-19 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 43 pageviews2026-08-27 — 26 pageviews2026-08-31 — 35 pageviews2026-09-04 — 51 pageviews2026-09-08 — 21 pageviews2026-09-12 — 31 pageviews2026-09-16 — 30 pageviews2026-09-20 — 24 pageviews2026-09-24 — 30 pageviews2026-09-28 — 52 pageviews2026-10-02 — 28 pageviews2026-10-06 — 24 pageviews2026-10-10 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

402026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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