X3: Albion Prelude Review

X3: Albion Prelude has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 93 / 100. This score is calculated from 2,091 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Very Positive rating. These are split between 1,935 positive reviews, 156 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback. Additionally, X3: Albion Prelude has earned a metascore of 75 on Metacritic.

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X3: Albion Prelude Price

X3: Albion Prelude costs $9.99 in the Steam store as of 7/11/2025. It can be purchased as a standalone game or through a bundle like X Universe - Anniversary Collection, X3: GoldBox, or X3: Terran War Pack which offers a discount off the game's base price.

Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for X3: Albion Prelude.

X3: Albion Prelude DLC

X3: Albion Prelude has 2 related apps available for download from the Steam store.

Image	Name	Type	Release Date	Actions
	X3: Albion Prelude Soundtrack	Music	2/11/2020	View
	X3: Terran Conflict	Game	10/16/2008	View

About X3: Albion Prelude

X3: Albion Prelude is an Action, and Simulation game developed by Egosoft. On 12/15/2011, it was released on the Steam Store by Egosoft.

It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.

It also supports 10 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Italian, and Russian. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.

According to Steam’s category system, X3: Albion Prelude supports the following features:

• Single-player
• Steam Cloud
• Full controller support
• Family Sharing
• Downloadable Content
• Steam Achievements
• Captions available

From the Steam community, X3: Albion Prelude has been tagged with the following user tags:

• Economy
• Management
• Great Soundtrack
• TrackIR
• Real-Time
• Sandbox
• Trading
• Simulation
• Space Sim
• Open World
• Sci-fi
• Strategy
• Epic
• 4X
• Adventure
• Action
• Singleplayer
• Moddable
• Space

Media & Sceenshots

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Related Bundles

X3: Albion Prelude is included in 3 bundles in the Steam Store.

Image	Name	Apps	Packages	Price	Actions
	X Universe - Anniversary Collection	31	30	$88.46	View
	X3: GoldBox	3	3	$6.45	View
	X3: Terran War Pack	3	2	$4.66	View

Related Packages

X3: Albion Prelude is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.

Supported Languages

X3: Albion Prelude is available in 10 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.

Soures & References

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X3: Albion Prelude data has been sourced from:

• Valve Corporation. (2025, July 11). X3: Albion Prelude on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/201310
• Valve Corporation. (2025, July 11). X3: Albion Prelude. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/201310
• Metacritic. (2025, July 11). X3: Albion Prelude for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x3-albion-prelude
• Egosoft. (2023, July 8). X3: Albion Prelude. X3: Albion Prelude. http://store.steampowered.com/sale/xfranchise