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Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2009
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Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Positech Games
- Price: $9.99checked Oct 31
- 37% of 206 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Battles are gratuitous and satisfying
- Community content expands replayability
- Ship customization is unparalleled
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Epic
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Why this: Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
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Why this: Same challenging mood as Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
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About Gratuitous Space Battles 2
The closest matches to Gratuitous Space Battles 2: Gratuitous Space Battles, Star Ruler 2, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, Galactic Civilizations III, and Ceres. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Gratuitous Space Battles 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gratuitous Space Battles, Star Ruler 2 and Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and epic, and single out its community mods and fleet deployment. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Gratuitous Space Battles 2: Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...
Is Gratuitous Space Battles 2 worth buying?
Most players don't recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 37% of 206 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 8 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Battles are gratuitous and satisfying
- Community content expands replayability
- Ship customization is unparalleled
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game crashes every 1h or so, it is completely unbalanced, even to start it for the first time i have to seek help online. It is clearly a cash grab from the sucess of the first one. Stay away from it.”
“Not worth your time or your money. Also, the game crashes if you try to load it almost every time, and if you press OK after a battle the game crashes. And what's worse, is that GSB1 is broken too so it's not like I can go back to that…”
People who play it also play: Gratuitous Space Battles, Star Ruler 2, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
Frequently asked about Gratuitous Space Battles 2
Can I run it?
How much does Gratuitous Space Battles 2 cost?
Gratuitous Space Battles 2 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Gratuitous Space Battles 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Gratuitous Space Battles 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Gratuitous Space Battles 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gratuitous Space Battles 2 are Gratuitous Space Battles, Star Ruler 2, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2.
Who developed Gratuitous Space Battles 2?
Gratuitous Space Battles 2 was developed by Positech Games.