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Exogate Initiative
Developer Xeno Bits
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate. From the Steam store page
201 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
77
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144 positive · 44 negative
95% range 70–82%
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| Steam reviews | 144 | 44 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
557 of 738 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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Reactions
60 of 201 · most liked firstFinally I can live out my dreams of being the great hero of earth, Hammond of Texas.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exogate Initiative, a "Stargate Command" basebuilder and management game, released on Steam.
unlabelledView post →I'm very sad to give this one a nnegative score. I've tried to wait a few patches after release to get as good as possible experience, which, unfortunately did not improve much from EA. Good points: 1. It shares some vibes with SG-1. NNegatives: 1. No overarching story (if it is there, it is not apparent enough or too generic) 2. Events are fun sometimes, but mostly not meaningful and not impactful. 3, Base building is very basic. C'mon, look other BB building games, you can do better than a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a mixed bag, but not irredeemably so. The base management is pretty good, and you have numerous research options for removing some of the pain as you continue along. The exploration and leveling systems are reasonable. They lack depth, unfortunately, but they're sufficient to keep attention for a bit. Where the game falls flat on its face is combat. There's no strategy. You throw your bulk against the enemy's bulk and then the biggest bulk wins. If you want to invade,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was so desperate to like this, to have a new Evil Genius style basebuilder game in my life with a bit more structure. I really enjoyed the early game loop. I was even willing to put off the mid-game becoming Stellaris. Tough bullet to bite, trying to get over how my corporation of size-cap 50 employees was winning a three front interplanetary war. Two scientists and a soldier taking over a planet with brute force is just silly. Then I hit the combat system, when you fight other player…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exogate Initiative, a "Stargate Command" basebuilder and management game, released on Steam.
unlabelledView post →It's not bad, but sadly too many issues to properly enjoy it. Pros: - Mild 'evil genius'-like atmosphere - Mini events at explorable locations - Early game is nicely done Cons: - Various issues. Ex: one team got stuck at base for half a month because teammates took turns sleeping and eating. Almost never able to do defensive missions because crews are almost never ready. 'glad to see you again' said CO to alien during first meeting. Devices sometimes get stuck broken (move them to trigger…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Did not realize the game was on a timer. Your supposed to compete against factors....okay. I just wanted to build a gate base and pretend I was a Stargate commander and explore strange new worlds. Ok. Edit: I am a moron. You can change it in new game settings. Thanks devs. Back to positive. Sorry :(
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only problem for Exogate is the gate itself. First of all, this game feels like another game series called "Evil Genius". The concept is very familiar, you build the base, send people to mission, and defend it once in a while. There are many mechanics that make it feel unique from Evil Genius, but overall it is much more simple. So, you build your base with rooms for your staff to sleep, eat, relax, and train. Once the core function rooms are ready, you send your people to gather samples…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Whilst this game has a novel idea, after only an hour or so i found the gameplay incredibly repetitive. Base building felt very restrictive, with only a few items per room, No pros or cons aside from object placement to having different sizes of rooms, and being unable to properly customise rooms. Having teams be a small size i found ok, but as the game progessed elements of this became poorly explained. If i wanted to survey a planet that had minerals, does the -initial- team have to have an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly shocked this game is rated as "Mostly Positive." The UI is janky, lacks important information. The tutorial is really not a tutorial, but random notifications full of text that doesn't really explain how to do anything. It seems like a fun concept, but it's just way to hard to play and lacks the depth required to be fun. If it was early access, I'd give it a thumbs up. But it's a full release without a meaningful update in 2 months. The game also falls off almost immediately after…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exogate Initiative, a "Stargate Command" basebuilder and management game, released on Steam. Cross-posted from ["Exogate Initiative, a "Stargate Command" basebuilder and management game, released on Steam"](https://lemmy.world/post/24869820) by @[email protected] in [email protected] ---
unlabelledView post →I liked this game, but I will give it thumbs down because: Bugs: - OnceI had a bug, which corrupted my save file. I noticed it very late and needed to go back several save files loosing progress. - It needs to be restarted once in several hours because of something like memory leak - Sometimes when squarbs attack your base, the last one is killed, but attack does not stop and you need to reload Unbalanced and grindy endgame: - Outposts are expensive and useless. Outpost level 3 is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to say, I have enjoyed days of learning and playing this game. Until today. I lost. I wasn't defeated. In fact, I was growing my territory and defeating the enemies. No, I lost because the game arbitrarily decided enough turns have occurred and so awarded victory with the highest number of points. Wait, what? Seriously? Now it appears I wasted days of my life going after a victory that would not possibly because of a previously unknown time limit and a scoring system. I then decided to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't recommend the game. It will fill you with micro-frustration : A guy taking 3 days to eat is lunch when you need it for a mission, and ennemies that can remove sectors from you so fast your team to fight off the attempt doesn't get to the gate in time. The concept is great, but one game is enough, can't wait to finish it and park this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall, the game is good and feels very similar to Evil Genius, but set in space. I can definitely recommend it, however I want to highlight several downsides. They are not critical, but without them the game would feel much more comfortable. My playthrough took around 20 hours, and during the last 5–6 hours I was mostly just fast-forwarding time, waiting for the game to finally end. In my opinion, the game has about 10–12 hours of actual content, after which it starts artificially stretching…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We're playing some more Exogate Initiative. I need to explore the universe but also the game a bit more. ❄ twitch.tv/2dkiri
unlabelledView post →Are you looking for a new colony sim to check out? Take a look at a few we have on sale: 🌍 Synergy (underrated game!) 🚀 Occupy Mars: The Game 🌌 Exogate Initiative 🏝️ One More Island ❄️ Up to 75% OFF this holiday season! store.playsum.live/search?onSal... #IndieGames #ColonySim #HolidaySale
unlabelledView post →This is a game with great potential. Some good elements like the building and tech tree. However the medics are broken and so is the mental health mechanic. It ends up making whole teams unusable. Which in turn stops missions and the whole game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"In the middle of my back swing?!" - Jack to Hammond This game is the management style of Evil Genius set in a Stargate SG1-like world. I could not upvote this any higher.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR; After 50 hours and 2 full runs, I have to say that this game has potential, but is disappointing. Now, I never played Evil Genius, but the building in this game is pretty well done and I absolutely love how polished it LOOKS! Also, it is really nice to find events being available and ready and not being a game where you have to wait around for things to happen constantly. However, there are a few problems that this game has, but shouldn't: 1. Until after the end of my first run, was I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of potential and good core gameplay loop. Strong Stargate/Evil Genius vibes. Hope they flesh out the late game as it can get stale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's so close to being a good game, but it doesn't quite make it. The base-building isn't bad, it's similar to Dungeon Keeper or Evil Genius. The trouble is that you get the base constructed by about the mid game, after which you just watch your squads go on missions without you. The late game is just a slog. It takes multiple missions to capture or reinforce a planet, so you end up spending most of the late game waiting around for missions to complete. Add to that poor performance, bugs, and a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exogate Initiative, a "Stargate Command" basebuilder and management game, released on Steam.
unlabelledView post →I mean it is the general hammond simulator. But the game simulation breaks after a while where no team will go through the gate so softlocks unfinishable, it also has a memory leak taking all ram on the PC, until the OS killed it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could be a good game but entire concept of factions invading your territory is annoyingly bad. Of 5 times that i got invaded i failed 4 times, and actually managed to defend once. It would be ok if it was because my team got wiped or something but no, they never managed to actually get to defend because invasion succeeded before my team got there, and the only one that I actually defended was because defence mission actually triggered. They were sent there as soon as I got notified of invasion,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first question we always ask, “is Exogate Initiative worth the 25$ asking price”. The answer to that is yes, however keep in mind this is an Indie game made by an incredibly small team. So while the game is well done it does have issues. First the graphics are good for a small team indie game. The UI tells you what you need to know and you can easily tell what objects and people are what or who you are looking for inside the base. The base building itself is well done and easy, and if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Any similarities to a certain late 90s science fiction television series are purely coincidental and entirely intentional.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game with a ton of potentials. But right now, the later stages of the game are boring... The end game is just a grind before the timer runs out. I´m holding out hope that the Devs make some expansions soon that make the game enjoyeble in the later stages. game gets a solid 5 out of 7
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first I really liked it but the 4X mode is tedious. The combat systems is definitely not fun and making money late game is too difficult.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too many bugs atm to recommend. Patches fix things they want but end up breaking something down the line that makes the game not playable after a few hours. Can't really get into it. It is EA so fine we will come back to it in 3 to 6 months to try again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels like the Developer just pushed this as v 1.0 in order to generate more money. The game is unfinished and unbalanced. Would return it if I hadn't played it too much by now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fortunately for the devs, the Stargate theme is unique... it's not like tavern or blacksmith sims with a dozen options to choose from. If there was a single other option, I'd buy it and uninstall this immediately. I love the base building and away mission game loops, but the terrible UI design, lack of information and lack of quality of life makes playing this game irritating. It starts right in the game options. The standard game length is 100 months but can range from 12 to 1200. The only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy Evil Genius style base builders and/or like Stargate, Exogate is worth a look. I tried the demo on a NextFest years ago and it was not great, but trying the game now that it's launched on sale was a very pleasant surprise. The core gameplay loop is solid, the UI is functional (a bit lacking, but servicable), and the theming is great (it's like Stargate, but clearly its own unique thing, not just aping something else). Definitely 100% recommend on sale, probably even at full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those games where a 'Meh' rating would come in handy. It's enjoyable but flawed in many ways. I really enjoyed it for about the first half of my playthrough, then the second half felt very tedious and repetitive. While the new systems are being introduced and you are growing and skilling up your roster of teams, the gameplay loop is fun and compelling, but by the time the game is halfway through, everything is maxed out and it just becomes a repetitive slog to the finish line.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game scratches an itch I did not know I had. I didn't know I needed a fun Stargate SG-1/Evil Genius crossover game but I did. Had a great time with this game, its surprisingly polished and just a load of fun. Strong replay value too,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game gets boring really quick. I had this game run in the background on full speed while I watched something on my other monitor to burn through the slog. After getting to the late game, there's only countless hours required to take you to a victory. I'm just not willing to commit any more to this game. Fun for the first few hours, but not worth your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played for over 100 hours and almost all of them have been enjoyable. I received good value for my money. I want to continue playing the game and have an interest in getting all the achievements, but I won't. In my opinion, this game should still be in early access, not full release. If you like management games, there's a solid core game loop with an engaging background story and lore. The game gives enough tutorial to play, while leaving many mechanics to discover. I hope these…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great early game. ONce you meet the other factions, "influence points" become meaningless. You cannot generate enough points fast enough to claim a sector via liberation before the other faction claims it back. The entire "influce" system severly limits mid game playability. Its more frustrating than strategic as you have absolutly no way to increase the speed at which you gain influence points really.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/proeskalampar/recommended/1681060/)]This well-formed review pretty much sums up how I'm feeling, though I haven't made it to the grind yet. I was pleasantly surprised that the game did turn out as I had hoped from [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/1681060/reviews/?browsefilter=toprated&snr=1_5_100010_]this review. Xeno Bits is punching a bit above their weight here, as the evidenced by the shortcomings repeated in reviews. But they're doing something…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →there is a serious lack end game content, it's a good idea but poorly executed. 6/10 would not recommend
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was awesome. It’s a flawed gem, but for me, it’s much better than the reviews suggest, and I could NOT stop playing it! Basically, its a base builder, with some RPG thrown in, a 4x meta game all fused together to perfectly reflect my perfect idea of a Star Gate SG1 game! The 4x elements have you expand the influence of initiative through known space, plenty of mission types on planets, new planet discovery mission, mining missions, life research missions, alien culture research,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are game-breaking bugs. There are poor design decisions. Everything after the early game feels like a slog. The only challenge this game presents is ignorance. Once you've played enough to know which techs to unlock, in what order, the game is solved. There is nothing new or interesting beyond that. IMO this game needed another year to bake before release.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like Dungeon Keeper (Evil Genius, Theme Hospital, etc), light 4X games, and Stargate, this will probably be a real good time for you, as it was for me. I managed to eke out a points victory in my first play despite over-expanding my teams at the start not realizing how fast the monthly extra funding runs out, and you know, learning everything else as I went. The two polities I faced were not overly aggressive but they were not particularly friendly despite my attempts and they would…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please fix the fighting parts of this game. 1) When dropping a guard post, where the person stands on the guard post has to face where the 'target' is coming from. 2) Even when they are facing towards the bad guy, I've seen where the invaders would move across and the guards *might* fight it or not. 3) I issued that first option directing the guards to go to a spot. It's near the gate and I want to kill it before it manages to retreat. Sadly, the soldiers didn't do that.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, clearly had a lot of love put into it. Not too hard, not too soft. But the crashes! Once an hour, minimum. I managed 12 hours before I lost interest, I might return if they fix it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't play the game enough to leave a review, but felt I had to anyway, this game is not a substitute for a certain tv show starting in 1997, I might try it again at 80% off, it wasn't bad, it just wasn't Stargate. I wasn't able to enjoy it, possibly too much from comparing it to the tv franchise I love, possibly because I don't need another social commentary game criticising capitalism. If only there was a neutral review option. The game is too dry, and ultimately too different from that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall positive, a little expensive for what it is, no real replay value. No major bugs, loading issues, etc, but a hard limit on your workers that seems fairly small when trying to attack/defend/gather resources. Base defense is very basic, only a few options. Enjoyed the game, but $5 would be a better price point.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, kinda like Evil Genious imo. Many mechanics are similar but with a vastly different theme and style. Enjoying it and would recommend it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was really enjoying this game until I came across a game breaking bug. After a couple of hours of playing and following the tutorial prompts I was finally able to research the med-bay. I had accrued 100 research and was ready to go! I pick the med-bay form the research and then wait .... nothing happens. I am unable to get any of my scientists to use the research terminals and actually progress any of my research. Here are the things I checked/tried to solve this. - Checked the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is base-building Stargate SG1 simulator, and it comes with all the positives and negative that might imply. Base building works pretty well and feels intuitive, especially if you follow the tutorial which doesn't go on to explain EVERYTHING but does a good job pointing you in the right direction and letting you go. I haven't 'finished' a game yet with roughly 30 hours of play, but it feels like a good adventure even if I don't see a total victory at the other end of it. It's a little…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live with a new game, Exogate Initiative, thanks to a key from the devs. Let's try out this cool looking space colony builder. twitch.tv/jimorian #ExogateInitiative #Twitch #ad
unlabelledView post →Let's start with the positives. The conversations are funny, the exploration is entertaining. The overall workings of the game is easily learnable even without the tutorial. The workshop is a big plus, I'll check the docs and maybe create some mods in the future. Hopefully much of the game is exposed.:) ...and the negative. After 2-3 hours it just drops to 20-30 fps, and lags to hell. This with a 2080ti and a 9th gen i9. I wait for the menu to come up, that takes half a minute, then I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So this is a great game. Made by nice people with a passion and it shows. It's the real vibe of the SG1 base. Including personal relationships, adventures you lead through the intercom... Pros: - really cool art style - x-com style world recruitment - a lot of work was put in, including people talking in languages of the countries they're actually from - really fun decision making when you are pressured by multiple factors. Should you pursue science at all costs, fortune, fame and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exogate Initiative, developed and published by Xeno Bits, presents an engaging blend of management simulation, strategy, and science-fiction exploration. The game places players in charge of an ambitious international organization dedicated to discovering distant worlds through advanced portal technology known as Exogates. Instead of focusing solely on building a thriving headquarters or sending expeditions into space, it successfully combines both ideas into a unified experience where every…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game. I like the concept a lot and I got a decent amount of hours out of it, for this reason I recommend checking it out. I especially like the dialog and the inventive descriptions of the alien worlds and creatures. But there are some issues which stopped me completing the game - After completing the side quest involving eliminating the squarbs , I could see I was way ahead of the remaining faction (already killed the other) on score and it said i needed to wait 4 more in-game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The definition of a shallow game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If there was a videogame based loosely off the Stargate TV show - this game would be it. What else is there to love? - it has base building akin to Evil Genius - it has planet exploration and alien factions that you can meet, enact diplomacy with, just like every other Space 4X game - it has narrative pieces like D&D where your employees need to do skill checks when your teams are exploring planets - it also gives the player control over individual employee growth, Pretty dope game in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not worth the asking price, maybe deep sale
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun idea, but there are way too many game breaking bugs that ruin any playthrough, hopefully it will get patched soon.
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