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Pandora: First Contact
Developer Proxy Studios
Pandora: First Contact is a 2013 4X game developed by German company Proxy Studios and published by Slitherine Software. It is inspired by Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and is about ideologically opposed factions from Earth who colonize a hostile planet. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
273 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
55
Mixed
104 positive · 86 negative
95% range 48–62%
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| Steam reviews | 104 | 86 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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83 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
404 of 645 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 273 · most liked firstA quick sketch of my Na'vi from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora I'm not sure yet if I'll make her into an actual OC, but I'm really in love with the game #avatar #afop
unlabelledView post →Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Official Third-Person and New Game+ Update Trailer (update coming December 5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNS-...
unlabelledView post →PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium welcome a host of games this July: 🦋 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora 🥷 Rise of the Ronin 🚒 Firefighting Simulator: Ignite ⚡ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind …and more. Full details: play.st/4fBgBXQ
unlabelledView post →every time I see Pandora and Abbie from the game Mindwave, my mind pictures out something like this... #mindwavegame #mwfanartcontest
unlabelledView post →🟠PLAY MINDWAVE DEMO, NOW uaaa Fanart of Pandora from Mindwave, an amazing warioware style game by @holohammer.com !! I just love the style and all the characters sososososo much, uaaa #mindwave #MindwavePandora
unlabelledView post →Just mentioning it off-hand, but on top of being the best Far Cry game since Primal, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a much better story than the films. No white saviors here. You're a Na'vi abducted at childhood to be groomed into a corporate 'ambassador'. It's far more pointedly anti-colonialist.
unlabelledView post →Out now on PlayStation Plus: 🦋 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Game Catalog) 🚒 Firefighting Simulator: Ignite (Game Catalog) 🧠 Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Classics Catalog) 🕵️♂️ Indigo Prophecy (Classics Catalog) …and more. Full details: play.st/4vEQunS
unlabelledView post →Hot take: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora got done dirty. It came out at a time that reviewers were just Done with open-world games, Ubisoft games and anything to do with Avatar. I came to it late and was shocked to discover it's the best Far Cry game since Primal. And Ubisoft's most anti-corporate.
unlabelledView post →This track is called "Pandora, the Last Battle"! This track is from the PSP version of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona! ngl Persona 1 was an awesome game! It had a nice vibe, a bumping OST, and a combat system that was fun and required strategy! It'd be cool to see a full remake of this game someday!
unlabelledView post →Okay, hear me out: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora might be the best Far Cry game since Primal, and the Complete edition (which is HUGE) is very reasonably priced right now. And I'm saying this as someone bored by the movies. Considering this for one of my 'improved over time' retrospective reviews.
unlabelledView post →New video! Back in 2008, the world was introduced to the Pandora - a Linux handheld that could emulate a whole bunch of game consoles. But it took years for it to get released, and it ended up getting pushed aside not too long after. So today we're gonna see how it holds up! youtu.be/_is6SmpHtGk
unlabelledView post →I rolled credits on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (XSX) Game #1 of 2025 ✅ 💗 Stunning environments 💗 Smooth gameplay 💗 Photomode 💗 VA 💗 Interesting characters 💗 Option of co-op ❌ VERY drawn out ❌ Repetitive story missions ❌ Enemy AI Overall: 7/10. I enjoyed it! 😊 My next game: Arkham Origins 🦇
unlabelledView post →Sloppy programmed 4x game by lazy developers. That is harsh, but if these developers blame their shortcomings in programming skills (or the unwill to fix their own bugs) on tasks running in the background (where non of the games in my library have *ANY* issues with), or even suggest to TURN OFF YOUR FIREWALL, which in this day and age is borderline criminal to suggest, it's the only viable description the people behind this title deserve, sloppy and lazy. Pandora first contact crashes at…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - This one of my favorite photos from the game. The evening time and the bioluminescent beauty is awe-inspiring 🌌 #VirtualPhotography
unlabelledView post →Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Chaos Theory Double Agent Conviction Blacklist What's your FAVORITE game in the Splinter Cell franchise?
unlabelledView post →My next game, and my first to complete in 2025 will be Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora! I've been looking forward to playing this for a while, and have heard that it has a good photo mode - I'm excited to take 'proper' photos in game again since my last two games didn't have a photo mode!
unlabelledView post →🕹️Space sci-fi game deals🕹️ This weekend, on Steam, Surviving Mars: Relaunched and Borderlands 4 are both available to play for free. For Prime subscribers: DOOM 1 & 2 (Gog) are free, and the excellent SW Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora are available on Luna (streaming).
unlabelledView post →I'm doing some UI mockup for a potential small scale game project about the alchemist's sister, Pandora. Storybook UI is back in some form here after being missing since Echo.
unlabelledView post →The upcoming Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora update on December 5 will add an optional third-person perspective mode as well as a New Game+ mode. Just in time for Avatar 3, as this game missed Avatar 2's release by a year. And that's a shame, because exploring Pandora is super fun.
unlabelledView post →Preorders open now! Good Smile Company Umamusume: Pretty Derby Kuripan Plushie Almond Eye/Fusaichi Pandora From the game "Umamusume: Pretty Derby" come plushies of Almond Eye and Fusaichi Pandora! Preorder: https://goodsmile.link/TwQ2yW #goodsmile
unlabelledView post →The latest expansion for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (2023) has just been released. I haven't finished the game yet, but it was great fun, with a beautiful recreation of Pandora. I'm ready to crush some Dragons and Valkyries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYO3...
unlabelledView post →Ridiculously Bad. Seriously. Don't believe these other reviews. Watch some "Let's Plays" to see how bad it is. (if you can even tolerate the glacial pace of the youtubers play and voices....) Here's why this game is so bad. And sadly, I'm just rehashing what's been said in other reviews. But it's April 2018 so let's give this ClusterCluck of a game a new review. Just wrote a review got through 30% of the bad stuff, and Steam said I ran out of room. That's how bad it is. So I'm starting…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass: High on Life 2, Madden NFL 26, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and more! news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
unlabelledView post →Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (XSX) is $9.99 at BJs buff.ly/vYbDWnf #ad 3rd person/new game+ update coming Dec 5th
unlabelledView post →'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' is getting a free Third-Person and New Game update on December 5th. youtu.be/YNS-BAIijNM?...
unlabelledView post →Preorders open now! Phat! Company Umamusume: Pretty Derby Fusaichi Pandora From the game "Umamusume: Pretty Derby" comes a 1/7 scale figure of Fusaichi Pandora! Preorder: https://goodsmile.link/QnwsZS #goodsmile
unlabelledView post →Pandora makes her debut on Nothing:ON with her own segment all about the glitches I've encountered while recording game footage. This one is themed around super hero games.
unlabelledView post →One minute game review. That Avatar Pandora game is dope. It's very Ubisoft (unlock the tower shit) but it looks beautiful and the combat loop is pretty solid! Pretty good, not great, but definitely fun! And that's all that matters.
unlabelledView post →If you ever played Alpha Centauri, then you've played this. It's pretty much AC with some cosmetic changes and a clunkier interface. I'd suggest grabbing the former on gog and passing on this one. I ended up refunding it, even after getting it on sale, as there's just a lot better 4x options out there, even the dated ones.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Getting Third-Person & New Game+ Update insider-gaming.com/avatar-front...
unlabelledView post →Best part about the game 😩 the best girl #avatarfrontiersofopandora #afop #avatar #pandora #ikran
unlabelledView post →I am a veteran of Civ Alpha Centauri, so I was interested in playing a more modern, similar game. What I found was an initially fun, space-themed, combat-oriented Civ IV-like game. However, while interesting, this game appears to lack depth and replay value.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Daphne and Nayeli decide to start their journey with the Ferris wheel, while Orange and Pandora try their luck with a game of darts.
unlabelledView post →Continuing my #DragRace rewatch and at the first Snatch Game. Jessica Wild choosing to do RuPaul, that’s nerve. Tatianna doing Britney, icon. Pandora doing Carol Channing set the template for Maggie Smith, Liza, Judy
unlabelledView post →Great 4X game!! Well balanced, plays fun, no issues whatsoever (gameplay, technical, or graphic). I love being able to customize my units and I love that even though you can stack units and move stacks simultaneously, only one unit a time is involved in combat. The AI is actually pretty good and plays in a way that makes sense (as opposed to the travesty that is Civ AI).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played about 20-30 games, most of them on easiest difficulty, with and without the expansion. I won 1. I have no idea how I did it and definitely can't do it again. I'm not an idiot. I'm also a programmer. Yes, I know that a competently programmed AI can beat humans every time. Unfortunately, it's not fun. I wonder if the devs are aware of the following AI standard: - Easy: people who can tie their shoes will win - Medium: people of moderate intelligence will win - Hard: people who have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a big fan of these types of games and I really wanted to like this one but, I find it to be a below average version of Civ, Beyond Earth The Ai is awfull first they will want research treaty, then trade treaty, then a nonagresion treaty and they say something nice about you then the very next turn they declare war on you then its the same over and over for all of the AI leaders. Also the planet spawns will attack you almost right away even if you havent killed any of them and have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do not recommend this game - The AI (war like faction) will not keep from attacking you even in the "Very Easy" mode. The game designer wants to dominate and win so badly there is no peace. What ever you do - you will be attacked and you will loose the game because the game designer wants it that way. It could be a pleasent game if the damn thing stopped being so aggresive. "Don't waste your money"
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A version of the RDA Valkyrie shuttle with integrated defensive weapons, meant for the Frontiers of Pandora game. #art by Alexander Schwandner. www.artstation.com/artwork/L4lEA0
unlabelledView post →Remembering April Fools 2023 when I made a mock-up cover/game card for #PanzerDragoon: The Pandora Collection on #NintendoSwitch, something that will never come to life. It was fun seeing some reactions from people, some good, some less than good.😂
unlabelledView post →The Pandora Directive, featuring our SECOND guest reviewer, @pamd.bsky.social of Cannot Be Tamed! nebula.tv/videos/innue...
unlabelledView post →This game is sort of a Civ:BE clone with somethings better and some things worse. Good: The fact that you're actually able to stack units for more realistic combat. Also there's some minor equipment customization options which are nice; you can customize certain units to be specific counters to other units. You can have AA and AV tanks, instead of just 1 tank. Graphics look nice and there's a reasonable amount of detail put into the game play. But: The is geared toward war, but you're…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games – No.20 Ark Pandora Ark Pandora brings welcome variety to the arcade adventure genre with its innovative icon-based controls. Colourful graphics, catchy music, challenging puzzles and quirky enemies combine to make a strange but thoroughly engrossing game.
unlabelledView post →rhythm game goals 2025: - fully develop brain rhythm game goals 2026: - DP kaiden - SDVX 22.500vf - DJMAX 8B Lord of DJMAX - Chunithm 17.3 -Maimai PANDORA PARADOXX Re:M AP+
unlabelledView post →This game could've easily been pretty good but it isn't. The AI is a joke. I read the bad reviews and thought that I'd give it a try anyway. Played on easy and chose the high road on all diplomatic choices which were every 3 seconds too. Still allies with trade agreements, research agreements, open borders and not even close to me declared war for no reason. I out teched them by far but they showed up at my city with 10 times my army lol, all of this in less than an hour. TWICE! I tried it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great overlooked game. The loading times are amazing in comparison to Civilization. Graphically, it's more on-par with Civ4, but it's a lot of fun and I really hope Proxy Studios decides to make another one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avatar frontiers of Pandora is actually such an underrated game, so fun!
unlabelledView post →Ahead of the next Avatar movie, Ubisoft's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is getting a free update which adds a third-person view and a New Game+ mode. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/avatar-...
unlabelledView post →I ended up spending $2.50 for this game, during the Steam Summer Sale. For that price, I am keeping it, but for this full price, I would recommend other people look the many other 4X games available, on Steam. The game lacks the flourish of other games of the same type, the difficulty progression is weirdly done, the tech-trees are purposefully jumbled for each game, and the game might start you (in Easy Mode) in an area with no minerals and an alien neighbor who is impossible to kill. Then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →89. i put 200 hours into Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. it's a very pretty game that answers the question "what if i was a ten foot tall eco-terrorist"
unlabelledView post →New update for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Dec 5th • New Game+ mode • Third-Person • 40fps Performance mode youtu.be/YNS-BAIijNM?...
unlabelledView post →The game in concept is not a bad one... It just could have been so much better. I will start by contradicting the normal reviews, as Pandora nails all the features Civ Beyond Earth never could, with a strong balancing act of dealing with the new world, it's wildlife, and all the your competitors. The game play is actually interesting, as you are also given free reign to design the units you need, build the deathstacks you want, and play around with city-building in a much more straightforward…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just bought it on sale and am very glad I didn't listen to the bad reviews. The game is basicly Civ BE, but better! Pro's: - Let me start with what also creates the bulk of bad reviews: the AI. Pandora AI is a lot more punishing and challenging than Civ AI, which often was laughable. As soon as they see you are low on the military ladder you become a target, especially if you are a neighbour. For everybody whose complaining: keep your forces up and your cities defended and you will notice…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great concept, ruined by the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ brain deficient idiot in charge of pacing and balancing. Imagine playing Civilization with Raging barbarians, on steroids, times 10. Thats what this game is like. Theres Alien on Nest on the map just like Beyond Earth, and when they get Aggressive (about 40 turns in) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this game is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rage inducing, They spawn about 1 alien EVERY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TURN which Beeline instantly for the nearest Settlement, If you dont have about 5 stacks of unit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing Innocent Sin, I've definitely come to realise the peak that is the soundtrack for the first 2 games in the series! I'm told there's more coming in EP but some favs so far have been P1 Awakening, Vs Pandora & Night Queen from the 1st game. Then the boss theme, Knights of the Holy Spear
unlabelledView post →I avoided this game for 12 years because of its Mixed Steam rating ... that was a big mistake! I have so much fun and it's becoming one of my all-time favorites, even beating Civilization Beyond Earth for me. People's main complaint is the aggressive AI, but I think it’s predictable: keep your military strong and factions will respect you; fall behind and expect a dogpile (yeah, even your most trusted ally will turn on you). Combined with randomized tech trees (!), deep unit customization (!!),…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fanart of Pandora from the upcoming warioware-like Mindwave, a very cool game that has a demo available that you should try if you haven't already. Congratulations to @holohammer.com for the resounding success of the crowdfunding campaign! #fanart #mindwave #pandora #indie
unlabelledView post →The AI is just broken, they declare war, then offer peace, then declare war again, destroy almost everything you own, then out of nowhere offer peace and then offer trade pacts, science agreements, non-aggression pacts, etc. The game isn't bad, just the AI is very well... Insane...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very guarded thumbs-up: nothing awesomely innovative, but it can hit that just-one-more-turn like a good TBS. The developers have improved AI balance from early reviews: Easy really isn't hard once you learn the game systems, but on higher difficulty levels I've been out-teched, I've been zerged, I've seen one AI militarily dominate two others while I'm playing a turtley game and then become economically unbeatable. Downsides, to me: * the midgame twist can get a bit samey, or be a little…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned by devs long time ago...
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