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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 626 reviews of which 392 were positive and 234 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.


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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

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Jan. 2025
A decent 4X game. Light weight and very cheap too.
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Oct. 2024
The best 4X strategy game you've never heard of.
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May 2024
This is a great little 4X, very in the vein of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
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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.
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Pandora: First Contact
6.1
392
234
Online players
2
Developer
Proxy Studios
Publisher
Slitherine Ltd.
Release 30 May 2014
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