Starbase Orion

🇺🇸 United States
Chimera Software, LLC  | 
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App Rating
4.7
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Votes
641
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App Age
14y 2m
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Last Update
Dec 15, 2025

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Category Top Average
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Rating
4.8
4.57
+5%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
520
3.1M
-100%
App Age
14y 2m
7y 0m
+103%
Price
$8
$0
In-app Purchases Price
$0
$24
Update Frequency
107d
35d
+208%
Title Length
14
18
-22%
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0
24
Description Length
3 548
2 272
+56%
Number of Screenshots
1470
1298
+13 %
Size
239MB
834MB
-71 %

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"The best 4X game currently available for mobile" - PocketTactics.com "This one is geek heaven" - AppAdvice.com "Master of Orion in Your Pocket” - GamePro.com "Starbase Orion has an epic-feeling" - TouchArcade.com "Starbase Orion is here, and it's glorious." - TUAW.com Explore. Expand. Exterminate. Can you defeat your friends and become the ruler of the galaxy? Starbase Orion is an old-school 4X space strategy game that draws inspiration from titles such as Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations. Lead your empire from the birth of its space age; colonize new worlds, explore new horizons, and discover other players attempting to do the same. It is a race to the stars where only one empire can declare victory over the galaxy. New to 4X Strategy Games? No Problem Starbase Orion includes a hand tailored tutorial mission perfect for those new to the genre. It features high-quality voice acting provided by the very talented Maurice Thomas. Aged like a Fine Wine With nearly a five year life span the dedicated community of Starbase Orion players and the developer have produced twenty-four fantastic updates. Each update has introduced new features and player suggested functionality to make the game better, more strategic, and more immersive. Strong Single-Player Experience Compete against a battle-tested artificial intelligence. Our AI was derived from our entry into to 2010 Google AI contest, where it placed in the top 15% of thousands of competing intelligences. Go head-to-head against a single AI opponent, or ramp up the carnage with a 4 way free-for-all. GameCenter Multiplayer Turn-Based Games Starbase Orion was designed to provide a fantastic multiplayer experience. Launch the game, sign into GameCenter, and start a new multiplayer game. No need to coordinate play times or seek out other players. Just go play, when you want and on your terms. Choose Your Race, Or Create Your Own There are five uniques races included; Human, Draske, Vass, Cyban, and Isather. You can also create your own custom race by picking and choosing between different race characteristics. Intense Space Combat Design your ships from a variety of weapons, hull, and systems. Send them into battle against the enemy. Give them orders, then watch the battle in unfold as they duke it out in the dark expanses of space. Diplomacy, Espionage, Free Agents Direct confrontations not your cup of tea? Negotiate your way to victory through diplomatic endeavors. Confound your enemies with an army of spies. Contract one of the many power and unique leaders to help you to victory. iCloud Support Starbase Orion is built from the ground up for iOS 5. It supports iCloud so that your saved games are instantly available on all of your devices. Start a game at home on your iPad, then pick it up again the next day on your iPhone. Simple, streamlined, fantastic. Universal - You Bought the Cool Gadgets, Go Play on Them Full support for iPad, iPhone, iPod, standard and Retina displays. Play when you want, where you want. Guaranteed Pricing While it is quite common for apps to become “free for a day”, Starbase Orion is not one of those apps. The standard price for Starbase Orion is $7.99 USD; it will never run a “free for a day” campaign. Tens of thousands of players have placed their confidence in us by purchasing Starbase Orion, and this is our guarantee to you. Guaranteed Free Updates We have a lot more planned for Starbase Orion. We plan to release all updates for free, without any hidden fees or In-App Purchases.}
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4.7
641 voters

Some Latest Reviews

TominVA4
28 Oct, 2025
5
There is a learning curve involved as there is with most games of this type, but after you figure out what’s going on, it’s really a very nicely done and detailed 4x space game for the iPad tablet. In that regard I find it very enjoyable.
sebasd
19 Sep, 2025
5
My favorite game on iPad. Note that the 2025 late summer update has a few minor bugs with some UI sounds going muted off, and game crashes for me in combat replay when monster/ship is about to be destroyed (bad explosion sound ref issue maybe?), but it is still very playable, unless you want to see the combats unfold. Make sure to save on the beginning of a new turn before combat playback just in case. Hope this will get fixed quickly because this game and new players really deserve it. Many thanks to the creators of this game.
ArsAstronautica
05 Sep, 2025
5
Glad to see the update! FYI, viewing the battle reliably crashes the app.
Graham0
21 Dec, 2024
5
Good strategic game and challenging. Please make another level past ‘impossible’ as our dad has been playing that one for years! Addicting and interactive game. Isather is the best option to play as (per dad’s review) Unfortunately he cannot get the game centre to work so he often plays by himself :(. We tried to learn but can’t do impossible level!!
SkipTrick
01 Aug, 2024
5
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.
anooooooooooooonym
30 Jul, 2024
1
Leider wird der Kampfbildschirm nicht vollständig angezeigt, somit kann man KEINEN Kampf beginnen Das Spiel ist auf neueren IPADs nicht funktionsfähig SCHADE
Brian2073
21 Jul, 2024
5
I have been playing this game on and off for almost nine years. It is clean, robust and reliable. If is the 4x game you wanted.
Jesse Donat
27 May, 2024
2
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.
Kwiktrick
02 Sep, 2023
5
Nicely done and well balanced. What I would like to see in the next update would be the ability to change plant names and for the race creator to be expanded. For example being able to change the race image, name and ship templates. Other than that great job!

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.71
Voted: 641
App Store Link:
Price: 7.99 $
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Games, Simulation, Strategy
Size: 238MB
App Age: 14 years 2 months
Release Date: Oct 11, 2011
Last Update: Dec 15, 2025
Version: 1.3.3
Version history
1.3.3
Dec 15, 2025
- fixes game name and participants text in multiplayer games menu - fixes crash bug for combats with temporary ships spawned by leaders
1.3.2
Sep 03, 2025
- Transition to new multiplayer server - Bug fix for multiplayer combat playback not matching the combat results as calculated by the server - Bug fix for not being able to drag Agents in the espionage list - Various small fixes for layout changes iOS introduced over the years - Removed links to old player forums
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