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Pandora: First Contact cover art

Pandora: First Contact

Proxy Studios · Slitherine Ltd. · 2014-05-30

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 05, 2014 (Mac), Apr 05, 2014 (Linux)

Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.

Pandora: First Contact is a 2014 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 645 reviews).

2
playing now
63%
positive of 645 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Pandora: First Contact is a 2013 4X game developed by German company Proxy Studios and published by Slitherine Software. It is inspired by Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and is about ideologically opposed factions from Earth who colonize a hostile planet.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 16,723 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 645 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 23 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420162026Week of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1352May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 11 · peak 227Sep 2014 — avg 53 · peak 207Jan 2015 — avg 47 · peak 208May 2015 — avg 11 · peak 28Sep 2015 — avg 11 · peak 36Jan 2016 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2016 — avg 10 · peak 33Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2017 — avg 24 · peak 138May 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2018 — avg 7 · peak 21May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.492015-01-012026-09-082015-01-01 — best price $19.792015-09-11 — best price $29.992016-05-18 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $11.992017-05-25 — best price $29.992017-11-15 — best price $29.992018-02-27 — best price $7.492018-07-17 — best price $29.992018-11-28 — best price $29.992019-02-11 — best price $29.992019-05-20 — best price $29.992019-09-12 — best price $29.992020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-02-25 — best price $7.492020-05-07 — best price $14.992020-10-08 — best price $7.492021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $5.992022-02-21 — best price $29.992022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-11-04 — best price $29.992023-02-17 — best price $7.492023-05-08 — best price $8.392023-08-25 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-02-19 — best price $29.992024-06-17 — best price $4.492024-09-16 — best price $7.192024-11-22 — best price $8.092025-01-15 — best price $8.242025-04-07 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $4.792025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-28 — best price $29.992026-09-08 — best price $9.98
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1322026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 12 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 4 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 4 pageviews2026-09-04 — 3 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-24 — 2 pageviews2026-09-28 — 13 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.9%
earned "Starmaker"
14.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, Italian, Dutch

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-09-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1941%80

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

Player tags

4XSpaceAliensSci-fiHex GridStrategySimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerReplay Value

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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