Pandora: First Contact

Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.

Pandora: First Contact is a strategy, 4x and turn-based strategy game developed by Proxy Studios and published by Slitherine Ltd..
Released on May 30th 2014 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, German, Italian, Dutch and French.

It has received 624 reviews of which 391 were positive and 233 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Pandora: First Contact into these genres:

Strategy 4X Turn-Based Strategy Sci-fi Simulation Singleplayer Hex Grid Multiplayer Turn-Based Space Replay Value

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Requirements

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Windows

OS: Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: Intel Core 2 or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 256 MB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series / ATI Radeon 9500 series)
Storage: 1 GB available space

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

A decent 4X game. Light weight and very cheap too.

Oct. 2024

The best 4X strategy game you've never heard of.

May 2024

This is a great little 4X, very in the vein of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

April 2024

Quite a solid game, well put together, but very hard. Probably the closest I've seen to an AC remake, with a lot of that old school vibe to it. I haven't managed to beat it yet - its very tricky.

March 2024

Well to be fair, nothing can replace SMAC. Not even Civ:BE. But this game comes closer to SMAC than CivBE because it has Unit Workshop, and that retro-styled charm, as well as those quirks and balancing issues. It can actually scratch that SMAC itch more than BE in my experience. People complain about the AI, and that is true. One turn they asked for non-aggression pack, two turns after they declared war - and that's on Easy difficulty. BUT. If you came from SMAC, there is nothing new there. You can still apply the same strategy (build as much as possible, with bases as close as possible, then make as much units as possible then pummel them down). There's really no need for peace anyway. I play SMAC all the time and peace is nothing more than a temporary cease fire. Don't worry, no-one will declare war on you when you have double their firepower, but then again, why keep them alive, right? However, if you came from other Civ games with those diplomacy thing, trade thing, religion thing, etc., then boy you have yourself something coming. There's only war here, brother. Ignore all aspects of the game. Research the strongest units and weapons, build them as fast as possible, throw in LOTS of artillery units, then go siege some base. Same SMAC strategy. :)

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28.99€

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Developer

Proxy Studios

Publisher

Slitherine Ltd.

Release 30 May 2014

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