Starbase Orion Reviews

Favorite game on IOS!!!

Dwiggit

Starbase Orion is the best game on IOS in my opinion! It is a well crafted and enjoyable 4X conquer-the-universe, turn-based game. I run it on my iPhone 6 and an older iPad 2, and it plays flawlessly on both. The server-based turns allow me to play a turn on one device, and the next turn on the other with no hiccups. I used to play Master of Orion with my friends during LAN parties years ago, but now we can connect up from anywhere with Starbase Orion! We often use the in-game chat to keep up with each other. I just wish it were easier to find on the APP store, as it doesn't show up in most searches. My thanks to the developers for creating this awesome game! UPDATE: Nov 2020 - IOS 14.2 update resulted in the game crashing at launch. Can’t play on my iPhone XR now. Using my older iPad.

Very fun, but i wish it was harder.

emporor areulian

This game is nostalgic for me, as i played Orion: Battle of Antares (i think that’s what it was called) often when i was a child. It’s very enjoyable to spread your civilization across the stars and improve it gradually, but i always end up fairly disappointed by the lack of challenge. For clarity, i only play the single player. The AI is very unaggressive. In fact, the word might be passive. They don’t colonize much, they never seem to terraform (leaving them at a massive disadvantage mid-late game) and their military forces are almost always outclassed by the most casual effort. They seem terrified of space monsters, allowing the high value planets that are feebly protected by said monsters to always be ripe for the picking by the player. I only play at the hardest difficulty with the AI bonuses on, and still it presents no challenge. I’ve played countless campaigns and only been attacked a handful of times, which were easily repulsed. Victory is inevitable, and completely effortless. I love terraforming worlds until my many colonies are all Gaia class industrial powerhouses, but there isn’t much satisfaction winning every time against completely inept opponents. As a call to the developers, is there any way you guys could make this more challenging? Thanks for the good work, it’s a great game in all other ways. Thanks, Wilson.

Needs another update

Phaedruszamm

A terrific little game for strategy minded gamers

Its like a mobile stellaris!

Deeznuts rock

I don’t normally rate games, but ever since my gaming pc broke in late 2020 ive been looking for a game like Paradox’s Stellaris. People this is it. You can colonize planets like stellaris, make fleets and have tech like stellaris, its just great. I remeber playing an older game like this but idk what its called, but this is a must have for stellaris fans

Tedious and repetitive

Gazzyttt

The UI and UX only marginally resemble MOO and the gameplay is slow and tedious. After a while, all you want to do is hit ‘next turn’ repeatedly because the actions to manage your planets are so repetitive and boring. Save your money. I regret spending the $8 on this game as I definitely got much less value and enjoyment out of it.

Desperately needs a new makeover

Woody 2069a

I would buy an updated version of this game today. It is very outdated in play, great in concept.

Bugs in Latest OS

AQK

I’ve been playing for many years. Love this game. Wish there were more like it… But diplomacy has bugs with new OS15 patch: the game freezes if you try to create a pact. Still playable. Just not with that mechanic.

Still Amazing

jwleblan

I hope they continue to support this game. Still plays well, and is an absolute classic. Updated UI would be nice, but functional and fun in 2021. There is a pretty reliable crash when reviewing the animation of resolved combat. Can someone patch this?

Love this game, but seems last iOS update broke something

2drinks

Can no longer bid on a leader. The confirmation dialog won’t work and just locks up the game. I hope this can be fixed and would be happy to pitch in from a Dev perspective.

All locked up

Dennisdmcgill

Starbase Orion is a rewrite a reach for the stars I hope rewrite reach for the stars and to Pascal and Adelphi back in the 90s one of the assisting people on development with a friend of mine, vander, And all of that was fine I’m loaded the game on my phone I try to play it and every time I try to purchase a leader or I try I have any other interaction with in the game with diplomacy itlocked up I notified this as a problem with in the game got no response so I requested a refund and the game will not even give me a refund very poor