Star Traders: Frontiers

Star Traders: Frontiers

Steam Deck Playable

Trese Brothers · Sci-fi · Aug 1, 2018

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

83%
Very Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Monetization: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 113 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 59 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 7 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Giant replayability factor, and being incentivized to specialize your builds.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It's not a triple A game, it doesn't have fancy graphics, it doesn't compromise or water down it's vision to make it easier for lazy gamers.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
And somehow it all works without microtransactions or punishing design.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
>> The SFX and animations: The music is fine enough, but gets monotonous after awhile with only a handful of tracks; and the space combat sounds are honestly buck-rogers pew-pew silly.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
You can play on an easy difficulty and chill, or crank up the difficulty and get really in the weeds with ship/crew optimization.
4 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay80 reviews
Graphics33 reviews
Monetization5 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Optimization4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters141 reviews
70%
Interface22 reviews
59%
Bugs5 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat113 reviews
73%
Difficulty59 reviews
71%
Crashes9 reviews
44%
Multiplayer3 reviews
0%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should I buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
34
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.