Sid Meier's Starships

 iOS
  • Publisher: 2K Games
  • Release Date: Mar 12, 2015
  • Also On: PC
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
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  1. Gamezebo
    Mar 13, 2015
    100
    If you’re a fan of strategy games – even if your experience with them begins and ends with Civilization – consider Sid Meier’s Starships an absolute must buy.
  2. Apple'N'Apps
    Mar 13, 2015
    90
    Sid Meier’s Starships delivers immersive multi-faceted strategy that makes for a must have iPad experience.
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  3. Pocket Gamer UK
    Mar 12, 2015
    90
    Sid Meier's Starships is an excellent large scale strategy game, that's nevertheless pleasingly bite-sized.
  5. 148Apps
    Mar 12, 2015
    90
    Sid Meier’s Starships is as much fun as you’d expect from the mind behind Civilization and Pirates!, but it’s a bit of a rocky start.
  6. TouchArcade
    Mar 23, 2015
    80
    Even with its failings, I still think it's a good game that may not live up to the highest standards of Sid Meier's name, but certainly doesn't tarnish it.
  7. Polygon
    Apr 17, 2015
    65
    Starships feels like a game damaged by compromise. It wants to be a bite-sized board game experience for a tablet, while at the same time a light strategy game on the PC. In execution, those two conflicting goals rob the game of any drama it might have, and Starships simply lacks the decisive, killing blows that make space operas feel epic.
  8. Pocket Tactics
    Apr 20, 2015
    40
    The lack of content undermines the feeling of exploring beyond the final frontier and the limp combat is an awkward step back from the elegant Ace Patrol.
  9. Digitally Downloaded
    Mar 19, 2015
    40
    There is nothing inspiring about Starships. It's an insipid and undercooked strategy game that seems so desperate to appeal to a broad audience that it seems to lost sight of the fact that strategy games are best when they involve some kind of strategy. It's pretty, sure, but it's hard to think of a game more vapid than this one.

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#82 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2015
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#33 Most Shared iOS Game of 2015

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User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. Jyykson
    Mar 14, 2015
    9
    You're not going to find a better light-strategy spaceship game on tablet. Don't expect full-on Civilization 6 on tablet, but it's aYou're not going to find a better light-strategy spaceship game on tablet. Don't expect full-on Civilization 6 on tablet, but it's a streamlined sort of Civ focused on tactical starship battles. Map campaign gives structure to the battles, and constant opportunities to upgrade your starship fleet keep you going. Good fun, good polish, great buy.… Full Review »
  2. GrassEffect
    Jun 1, 2015
    6
    It's ok. But not Civ definitely. I previously gave it only 2 but I think it deserves more. It was fun for few days. I hope you like it more.It's ok. But not Civ definitely. I previously gave it only 2 but I think it deserves more. It was fun for few days. I hope you like it more. Technically it worked well - no crashes or anything. Good luck. But I am still hoping for deep games for iPad… Full Review »
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