Starbase Orion
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| Canada | CA$9.99 |
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| Reviews | 534 | 4.8K | 4.7K | 1.8K | 1.5K | 1.3K | 708 | 394 | 141 | 133 | 106 |
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Starbase Orion reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 534 reviews.
What people like
- No ads or microtransactions at all.
- Feels like classic Master of Orion.
- Developer listens to community feedback.
What they complain about
- Game crashes constantly during play.
- AI is too passive and dumb.
- UI breaks on newer iPhone screens.
The best 4x
Awesome game that is still updated. Please support full screen for new devices.
Dude, fit the screen size for iPhone 13
Or i will have to refund this. Please update…
Very Good Adaptation
If you mistakenly build two planetary extensions for one planet slot. The game will glitch from that point onward. If you are enjoy that scenario then be careful of what you build because the game won’t catch it.
Love the Game but Constantly Crashes
I love the game but it's very unstable. On my previous iPad it would crash maybe every ten minutes or so, which I could deal with. On my new M2 Air, once you get towards the end game, it crashes every other time I hit Next Turn. It becomes unplayable. I really hope that the developers do something to fix this problem. It's sad that I can't play a game that I love.
Love this game until last update
Latest update makes the build queue render incorrectly, with overlapping text pushed half way off the right of the display area. Queue management is not completely functional now, making the game too frustrating to play. Would be great if this would be fixed…
One of my favorites
Glad to see the update! FYI, viewing the battle reliably crashes the app.
Don’t do it.
This game spits on the memory of Master of Orion by claiming to be it. They’ve managed to make an uncanny valley recreation of MoO that comes close enough to remind you of the original while falling substantially short of it. The gameplay isn’t as good, the graphics aren’t as good, the AI is dumber in all respects (dumber than a game made in the mid-90’s mind you). Just go get the actual MoO II (or 1 if you prefer) on Steam.
Spectacular game but..
To start, I love this game. I’m a Stellaris player and this is game is a dream come true on my phone. Good level of depth of systems and it’s clear a lot of love went into this. I also can’t overstate how much I love the Star Trek inspiration for the human ship design. I have on concern and it’s the fact that my game will reliably crash if I watch a large battle between a large number of ships that fire a big salvo of proton torpedoes. It happens every time. Its a drag to build up my fleets, engage is a large scale battle only not to be able to watch it. I’d love to see a fix to effectively perfect that beautiful and fun masterpiece please.
Fantastic game but the recent update broke it
Love this app but the recent update broke the game for me. I still play this frequently so im sad :(
Problems since last update
Since the latest update I cannot move my spies once placed on a player they can’t be moved, also the build screen while on planet doesn’t show properly it runs off the right side of the screen, please fix my game, it’s one game I’ve played for over 3 years. I’ll go back to a 5 star if fixed!
Fun
A+
I love this game
It has a glitch. You assign a planet to build ships. It is all misaligned. You can’t make changes. The game in not playable like this.
Simple but fun
Great tablet game that feels like Masters of Orion or Stellaris. Simple. Maybe too simple, but easily replayable many times
Constant crashes
Fun game but keeps crashing for no reason. Lost many games to it. Very frustrating.
Desperately needs a new makeover
I would buy an updated version of this game today. It is very outdated in play, great in concept.
Excellent
I remember playing this game a long time ago, I’m very glad it still works! Classic scifi 4x on mobile, can’t beat that!
All locked up
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
Spying currently broken
Like the reviewer from February, the spying UI doesn’t work for me. Can’t move spies off an empire once placed there. iPad Air 2020 and iOS 15.5
Starbase Orion
Trying to be like Masters of Orion is not being like MOO.. What made that game great was the control over the space battles.. you built to fight and attack.. There is not combat control here.. another computer controled outcome.. game plays itself :(
Tedious and repetitive
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.
Old school fun
This really is a fun game if you are into old school, turn based, space simulation like Master of Orion. It has depth but is still accessible. Played for many hours. No adds. No upcharges. Good replay value. Well worth the game cost.
The game was good but AI went bad :(
It used to be a great game but the A.I. Is now mostly useless, as only 1 to 2 A.I. empires actually build fleets and expand beyond their home world per game. Maybe there’s a bug that they don’t build new scout ships when the first one is destroyed? Maybe they are just locked in internal spy battles with each other stifling growth? I tried re-installing the game but no change. It’s a shame as it used to be a good game. Now it’s just me expanding across the universe mostly unopposed.
Why does it not work anymore
I loved the game but all of a sudden it no longer works. I thought and update might be required, but it only allows me to open the app. When I open it, I am returned to the iPhone Home Screen.
Currently unplayable
Works great for a while, but past a certain point, the game crashes and you can't use the last save point. Frustrating, especially with the price paid for it.
Not for phones
Seems like an interesting game, but the UI is just too fiddly for a phone. It’s not easy to order fleets, or see how your empire is doing. May be worth it on a tablet.
Such a great game!
Classic 4X galactic conquest game. The closest you can get to the old Master of Orion PC game on a mobile device. Best part of all: it isn’t some pay-to-play, micro transaction nightmare the way every other app out there is. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the developers. We need more games like this.
Where do the troop ships go?
I love the game. Some time during the game the planets that manufacture troop ships change to scouts, so, you cannot win the game. This feature is a constant in the last year.
Needs another update
A terrific little game for strategy minded gamers
Косяк
А теперь ещё и вылетает.(415.3)
Almost
I guess this is the way things are now... its got almost everything master of orion 2 has except the space combat system is that “set tactics and hit play” automation that I guess is the new way. I don’t really get it. I really enjoyed being able to control the vessels and interact in the space combat in MOO2. So much so, that I just cant get into this game... or others of the same ilk for that matter. I’m not poopooing the rest of the game... seems legit, but I guess its really not really worth anymore of my time to me with this combat system.
Outstanding game that passes the test of time
This game is awesome! Highly customizable, great soundtrack, and so much replay value . I love it and hope support for it doesn’t end.
Crashes too much
Usually when the game gets complicated and fun. Very frustrating. Great fun to play when it works.
Very fun, but i wish it was harder.
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 an interactive tutorial.
Unplayable.
Good game, but no update for resolution
I very much enjoy the game, but I am a little upset for how much I spent for a game that doesn’t even fit the full resolution of my iPhone X. If the devs were to optimize, my review would be 5 stars instantly.
Absolute Greatest Sim Game - NO ADS OR PURCHASES
Pick a race. Build a colony. Fight your neighbors. What’s better? Best part is no marketing whatsoever! Love the game and have played it countless hours over the last few years. Still my favorite game on iPad. Only suggestion would be to allow more than 1 human player. Smooth, no glitches, and always challenging.
Does not work with ios9
Was very stable but now crashes repeatedly.
Needs an update.
Please add support for iPhone Xs screen. That’s all this game really needs.
Unstable, flaky. Bad menuing.
Naah. Takes too many touches to do basic things, such as changing production. On the change production screen, theres no scroll to the next planet - you have to exit out and then back in. You can reassign workers on the empire screen, where's the drop-down? Don't understand the combat screen. Why can't you just turn tail and run when your scout finds an amoeba? Worst of all, it crashes. Nice graphics, but that's it.
Moo is still better
First thanks for making a 4x game! Audio and planet background art is good. The blue wire frame structures you build on those planets is uninspiring. Also farm lvl I farm II farm III is boring. laser I II III is boring. It makes the effort of working on extra worlds and tech more of a dull grind than an accomplishment. No unique names or descriptions. The space battles are frustrating and boring. You either zoom too far out and see triangle icons with no feedback or can try and chase down and zoom in on 1 ship to see how it’s doing. I’d say either do a sins of a solar empire rts fight or a MOO coordinate turn base. The hybrid isn’t working in this case. Some kind of cool animation after colonizing a world or discovering something, a new tech..anything
STILL A CLASSIC (July 2022)
BUY IT RIGHT NOW… LOOK at the ratings. This 4x classic is heavily inspired by a 90’s classic “Master of Orion” In my mind though, this is our Stellaris! A shame… no upcoming publishers or game investors have not looked at this game, and reached out to the developer (Rocco) He is amazing with his community, always engaging - would he had… had the backing, this would have been a large platform bringing profits, easily could had fit in an esports type setting as well, focusing on the battles and various tech setups for each players - play style. Excellent multiplayer (main feature)
Not accessible with VoiceOver
This game is not accessible with voice over which means blind people like myself are unable to play it. After various persons contacted the developer with regards to making this game accessible, there seems to be a blatant refusal and lack of enthusiasm to make this work. Thus my review and I know others will follow.u
Faithful to MOO except for...
Space combat! Why can’t we control space combat?!?! What sadistic cruelty to take away that most satisfying aspects of MOO? Where you can use a stellar converter on a scout! Oh what a let down when you built a 60 ship fleet with mostly titans and battleships; to have a showdown with a similarly sized enemy fleet, but only to see the AI have fun with the battle.
No sound
Yeah well it’s okay I guess. I say this because there is no sound whatsoever on my SE. Tried reinstalling and everything else with no results. Edit : also I’m not going to bother looking in the forum for a solution as most are generally full of gibberish and such.
Galaxy screen not sorting
Returned to the game and discovered that the Galaxy screen is not working. It’s sorted Alphabetically by default and can’t be changed. Please fix.
Great game ruined by crashes
This seems like an awesome strategy game to have on the go. Unfortunately it crashes without warning every single game without fail. As is it is unplayable which is super frustrating, but until it's updated I can only advise people to stay away.
Excellent turn based space strategy game
This is an excellent turn based strategy game in the mold of Masters of Orion and Galactic Civilizations PC games. It needs some more user customization options but other than that, it is well worth the money.
Well done with crash issues
Once you get into the game it's quite deep and enjoyable. That being said my first non tutorial game got to a point where hitting turn hit a consistent crash I can't get past and that kind of ruins it. Hoping it will be fixed
Starbase Orion FAQ
- Is Starbase Orion free?
- No. Starbase Orion costs $7.99 (US) to download.
- Does Starbase Orion have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Starbase Orion?
- Warlords Classic Strategy (4.7 from 4,827 reviews, premium from $0.99), Crying Suns (4.8 from 4,678 reviews) and Star Command (4.0 from 1,834 reviews).
Starbase Orion download
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Starbase Orion sells in 146 countries. It was released 14 years and 11 months ago, on 12 Oct 2011. It holds a 4.7 rating from 534 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does Starbase Orion make?
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