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Master of Orion 3

Quicksilver Software · Wargaming Labs · 2016-08-25

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Feb 25, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 25, 2003 (Mac)

Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.

Master of Orion 3 is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 191 reviews).

12
playing now
53%
positive of 191 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
34/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Master of Orion III is a 4X turn-based strategy game and the third in the Master of Orion series. Master of Orion III was developed by Quicksilver Software and published by Infogrames Interactive on February 25, 2003.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 14,104 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at GamersGate (2015-07-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 55 of 78 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2102026-09-15 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
367Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 36 · peak 74Jul 2016 — avg 9 · peak 20Nov 2016 — avg 12 · peak 23Mar 2017 — avg 14 · peak 33Jul 2017 — avg 12 · peak 25Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 21Mar 2018 — avg 10 · peak 21Jul 2018 — avg 11 · peak 23Nov 2018 — avg 15 · peak 30Mar 2019 — avg 14 · peak 26Jul 2019 — avg 13 · peak 25Nov 2019 — avg 15 · peak 30Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 30Jul 2020 — avg 15 · peak 26Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 26Mar 2021 — avg 16 · peak 33Jul 2021 — avg 14 · peak 26Nov 2021 — avg 14 · peak 25Mar 2022 — avg 17 · peak 27Jul 2022 — avg 15 · peak 28Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 25Mar 2023 — avg 15 · peak 28Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 23Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 31Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 24Nov 2024 — avg 13 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 15 · peak 30Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 21Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.13$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.952016-01-22 — best price $2.492016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-10-21 — best price $9.952016-12-06 — best price $9.992017-02-27 — best price $2.492017-06-07 — best price $2.492017-09-25 — best price $9.952018-01-08 — best price $9.992018-05-21 — best price $2.502018-07-23 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $2.492019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-06-28 — best price $4.492019-09-12 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $5.492020-05-27 — best price $3.992020-09-25 — best price $3.992020-12-16 — best price $3.992021-02-20 — best price $9.992021-10-18 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $3.492022-06-28 — best price $9.992023-04-27 — best price $3.992023-10-02 — best price $3.992024-05-01 — best price $1.992024-10-10 — best price $1.992025-02-28 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-25 — best price $3.992026-01-21 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $3.992026-08-06 — best price $3.992026-09-04 — best price $3.992026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $3.992026-10-04 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

271122026-06-02 — 31 pageviews2026-06-06 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 19 pageviews2026-07-08 — 24 pageviews2026-07-12 — 27 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 20 pageviews2026-08-05 — 19 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 30 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 17 pageviews2026-09-06 — 15 pageviews2026-09-10 — 21 pageviews2026-09-14 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 19 pageviews2026-09-22 — 22 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 16 pageviews2026-10-11 — 76 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiStrategyTurn-BasedTurn-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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