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Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
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In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica. From the Steam store page
419 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
69
Fresh
191 positive · 87 negative
95% range 63–74%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 191 | 87 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 19 | 1 | 104 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
622 of 807 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
69% recommend · 181 yes, 83 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 264 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (843 of 1,108 positive).
Fans of the BSG remake and roguelikes praise the game's faithful atmosphere and tense resource management. [1][2][3] Many players find the game punishing due to excessive random events and crises that can ruin runs. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note bugs, janky animations, and a lack of replay value as drawbacks. [7][8][9]
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- [16]
I want to start off by saying I am an uber BSG fan. I have an arm and back full of BSG tats, a couple of shelving units of ships and props, etc. I have a "FRAK" vanity plate on my car. I've played every BSG video and board game out there. I played through the demo at least 6-10 times. It was tough in spots but not too rough. I put 6 hours into the game today/tonight. I am at Level 5+ bonuses. Even then, the …
- [7]
I'm still on the fence about this game, but as of release I can't recommend it due to bugs and jank. I think there is the concept of a good game here, but it's not here yet. The tutorial was extremely slow and boring, but I was having more fun after I got into a tough battle and barely survived. I like pixel art, and low-poly art, but there's such a weird mash-up of pixel art, low poly models, and detailed …
- [1]
Super short version: 9/10. 10/10 if you mute the music and put the BSG OST on shuffle in the background. Short version: If you like the new BSG series, enjoy roguelikes, and/or enjoy difficult games, you will likely enjoy this game quite a lot. If you are unfamiliar with BSG, looking for an easy game, and/or are unfamiliar with rogue like formula's, you will very likely not enjoy this game. Long version: I wanted to …
- [4]
Fun and well thought out on the surface. Lots of different gameplay systems, but if you're looking for a game that treats you fairly... look elsewhere. Huge fan of roguelites and likes, but this game LOVES kicking you in the teeth... even when you make good choices. Unfortunately, RNG is far more likely to ruin your run than save it, which ends up making the experience more frustrating than anything. It's hard to …
- [2]
Every time I hear the Dradis contact sound I immediately hear Mr. Gaeta's voice in my head alerting me to the cylons. A very fun game that takes aspects of FTL, and applies them to the BSG (remake) universe, while also addinging a tactical part to the battle at the end of each sector before you jump. Can feel quite challenging at times to protect the fleet during those fights, but that is just part of the …
Summarised from 34 of the 377 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes sits at 69% positive across 278 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 419 · most liked firstSo Say We All! Battlestar Galactica (2003) is back with Scattered Hopes, an upcoming turn-based roguelike game! 🔥 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes will be available on PC via Steam in early 2026.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorry to SpacedockPost on Sojourn, but just want to signal boost this unfortunate situation. The game and DLCs are heavily discounted on GOG so grab em if you've ever wanted to. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock was my first gig with a major sci-fi IP and a fond memory for me. Very sad outcome. -Dan
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to start off by saying I am an uber BSG fan. I have an arm and back full of BSG tats, a couple of shelving units of ships and props, etc. I have a "FRAK" vanity plate on my car. I've played every BSG video and board game out there. I played through the demo at least 6-10 times. It was tough in spots but not too rough. I put 6 hours into the game today/tonight. I am at Level 5+ bonuses. Even then, the difficulty level of the game is impossible. I am nowhere close to making it through…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some Concepts for a Battlestar Galactica game a few years ago. #Scifiart #conceptart #illustration #spaceshipart
neutral · AI labelView post →Devs did good job at trying to simulate the BSG gamedesign, but everything else feels just bad. Cons: 1) I have beaten the game on highest difficulty, but when farming achievements I changed to easiest one, and the difficulty difference was marginal. The game will be very hard for casual players. 2) For readability reasons, game uses individual units representing squadrons, instead of actual squadrons. This however takes away from the BSG feeling of fighters engaging in combat. 3) Game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I reached into one of our PS2 storage boxes for this week's #RandomGameSaturday and came away with the first official Battlestar Galactica game, released just prior to the 2003 pilot miniseries.
neutral · AI labelView post →Super short version: 9/10. 10/10 if you mute the music and put the BSG OST on shuffle in the background. Short version: If you like the new BSG series, enjoy roguelikes, and/or enjoy difficult games, you will likely enjoy this game quite a lot. If you are unfamiliar with BSG, looking for an easy game, and/or are unfamiliar with rogue like formula's, you will very likely not enjoy this game. Long version: I wanted to make a review when I hit 100% achievements, but since I hit 100 hours…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, a great BSG game and a nice tactical, was released 9 years ago today. Unfortunaly, this game, delisted last year, is no longer available for purchase 🙄 Mercury-class, 3D asset by Josiah Ward ↖️
neutral · AI labelView post →Homeworld (1999) Art director Rob Cunningham: "We all got together at Alex [Garden, Relic co-founder]'s house one night to eat pizza and talk about this game called Homeworld. He described it as a merger of Command and Conquer meets Battlestar Galactica [1978]. The story is..."
neutral · AI labelView post →in the epilogue to this story the robber learns to love the subtle nuance of a tense and gritty 4+ hour game of Battlestar Galactica with his friends :)
positive · AI labelView post →Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. That is indeed a Parker Brothers Battlestar Galactica board game.
neutral · AI labelView post →My now wife and I watched the entirety of BSG in our early dating life together. I have all the minisodes and series ripped to my media drives and often rewatch it while grinding MMOs. I love BSG:Deadlock on steam, but it takes a lot more focus and time than a burnt out dad often has to throw at a game; one battle in that game can take 40+min, where here i beat several battles and did the inbetween upgrading and promotions in the same time. (completed the tutorial) As such, i was BEYOND stoked…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It may not be sold anymore, but it's easily found. Internet Archive even has it. If you missed it first time round, now's a good time to give it a look. IMO the best Battlestar Galactica game. Was a little thin in its original launch form but the expansions REALLY bulked it out.
positive · AI labelView post →Every time I hear the Dradis contact sound I immediately hear Mr. Gaeta's voice in my head alerting me to the cylons. A very fun game that takes aspects of FTL, and applies them to the BSG (remake) universe, while also addinging a tactical part to the battle at the end of each sector before you jump. Can feel quite challenging at times to protect the fleet during those fights, but that is just part of the overwhelming threat that is the Cylons. It is truly a fight to survive and they capture…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm still on the fence about this game, but as of release I can't recommend it due to bugs and jank. I think there is the concept of a good game here, but it's not here yet. The tutorial was extremely slow and boring, but I was having more fun after I got into a tough battle and barely survived. I like pixel art, and low-poly art, but there's such a weird mash-up of pixel art, low poly models, and detailed hand-painted art that it doesn't look cohesive. The way the ships are animated also…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The biggest sin that Scattered Hopes commits is that its pre-title screen intro only plays *half* of the BSG intro theme, and stops right before the "Hup!" followed by quick cuts and Bear McCreary drums. Every time you start the game up, if you're a fan of the show, you're basically given BSG intro blue balls. In a way, this intro issue: having half of what the fan wants, then purposefully making the objectively bad choice to not pay-off a set-up expectation is a perfect description of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really, really want to like this game. But the amount of "Crises" you have to deal with, no thanks. After trying three runs, I'm done trying to save these people who want to kill themselves so badly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There isn't enough events, in a single play through you'll actually get the exact same event more then once. Meta levels go up to level 10, but you get no new unlocks after level 7. Upgrades in the research is very bland, theres only really 2 that matter and the rest can basically be ignored. Theres plenty of other things that I dislike about this game but the main thing is I just don't feel is polished at all, this is coming from someone who loves FTL and sci-fi games, this game is not worth…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a great day to be a bird called Trinket because there's a new metric album and a new Battlestar Galactica game
neutral · AI labelView post →This game bills itself as a rogue-like space game, in the rough template of FTL, and obviously, Crying Suns (from the same developer.) It is that, in that you jump from system to system, with a tactical battle in between, and you carefully manage resources and enhance your combat craft to try to reach the Galactica's fleet to succeed your run. The actual managing of resources and play is engaging, and the Battlestar Galactica is a pull for people who remember and love that franchise. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Redemption: A Game of Tactics and Consequences. A sci-fi tactical rpg and the best effort yet to wrap a soft narrative layer around a crunchy tactical core. Setting leans toward military focused stories a la Battlestar Galactica, but allows for other styles. Needs high player skill to run well.
neutral · AI labelView post →traditional birthday game of Battlestar Galactica, because I’m the birthday girl of course I get to be the President 😁 I am, appropriately, 33 today!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hooray! Our new game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (@PlayBSG) is finally revealed🎉 The result of 3 exciting years working in the shadows with this legendary scifi IP to give you once again the feeling of being commander of a space fleet! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2535950/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Now that the game is out, I can show the assets I made for Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. Meet the Viper Mk2, the brawler. Brutal at short range!
neutral · AI labelView post →First, this game is good, it's has real battlestar galactica lore and combat is engaging, losses aren't game ending so you don't have to play perfect to do well. So why is the review negative? for a few reasons: A: The game progresses very quickly and the point is that you are putting out fires, but during the struggles to survive the game forgets to give you real opperunities to improve your ships weapons or squadrons. You are therefore stuck with the weapons you started with and maybe get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just noticed that they're giving away Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock. A bit threadbare without the DLC (fully expanded it's a very beefy game), but still a great, if very belated BSG experience.
positive · AI labelView post →Rating 5/10 What a shame. 12 hours in and I'm pretty much bored with the constant grief between the factions. The pointless civilian ships that do nothing. The Gunstar ship that you pilot that is mostly inert in battles. The RNG that is completely twisted and unbalanced even on Easy settings after you have progressed with the upgrades between runs. Too much missing info on mouseovers. Cannot see any hero names unless you back all the way out and view in the hero individually. Alot of rinse and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, one of the PC's best spaceship strategy games, 'will no longer be available for purchase on any platform' as of next week.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh, that sucks - just found out that the excellent Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock is getting delisted next week. Presumably licenses expiring It was a bit threadbare at launch but the DLC really bulked it out into my ideal BSG game. Shouldn't be too hard to source once it's delisted but still sucks
positive · AI labelView post →The game takes heavy inspiration and looks to be a successor of Crying Suns. When it presents a crisis or something to resolve, you don't get any agency in situation, or even extra options from something that you have acquired or resolved before. You don't get to resolve something just because you got the right perk/equipment/upgrade/previous choice. And most resolutions are two bad options. It feels like "♥♥♥♥ you just because" from the game, just to cripple you and not let you progress too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a Battlestar Galactica experience, this game is transcendent. As a game, I think its core design and loop are rock solid and well thought out. The number of mechanics feels balanced against how deep each of those mechanics are. However: right now there are maybe a half dozen pain points which, while minor, can cause major frustration. Hopefully they'll be improved over time. You will encounter several of them during each run, and I think they're responsible for a few negative reviews.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not that great. No new mechanics. Nothing new brought to the genre. It feels like the Battlestar name was just used as a hook to suck fans of the IP into buying. This could be any generic space strategy game. Almost any SciFi IP can be thrown onto this game with a bit of a facelift (changing the design of the ships & sound effects) and it wouldn't change anything. It also has a very mobile game feel to it. I had high hopes for this game, as Battlestar Galactica is one of my favorite IPs of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kept trying, even on easiest - but this is ultimately the game; Ooo, this looks-CAPTAIN, THERE'S A CRISIS Maybe I'll try-CAPTAIN, THERE'S A CRISIS Right, well at least I can-CAPTAIN, THERE'S A CRISIS Ah, at least it says this sector is saf-CAPTAIN, THERE'S A CRISIS. FFS, now I've run out of-CAPTAIN, THERE'S A CRISIS You get given half a dozen 'crisis' before you even start the game, making the resources you start with pointless too. Fun for half an hour (so that reviewers will like it), but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is meh. It had virtually nothing that is BSG. They're just using the name to create sales. Most of what you see in the game is non-canon stuff they've just made up. Not sure why they just didn't create their own game instead of paying for the BSG licensing. Either go all in on BSG, or make your own unique universe. Instead they're sitting in the middle. The story and gameplay loop are also ok-ish I guess, But there's no replay value at all. Every run will be 98% the same as the last run.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh dang. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is free on Steam right now. That's a good video game.
positive · AI labelView post →For those living near Montpellier, there’s an event the day after tomorrow centered on Crying Suns —the cool 2019 space roguelike strategy game from the creators of the recent Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. I also have the rare artbook, and it’s good.
neutral · AI labelView post →for Geoffmas, I would like a Battlestar Galactica love and dogfighting sim, and a Cowboy Bebop game from the Void Bastards team. Let’s see what we’ve got
neutral · AI labelView post →50) Battlestar Galactica. Fantastic, sadly out of print for license reasons hidden traitor game where you attempt to solve crises while working out who is really a cylon working to undermine the group. Got a couple of good expansion and an underwhelming Deep One reimplementation as UNFATHOMABLE.
positive · AI labelView post →Beside my feeling that some perks/skill are bugged (after multiple testing), i must give this game a nope for now. More like a BIG warning for new players and i will tell you why: Game sounds great on paper - you play, lose, unlock stuff that makes you stronger next run. Problem? Yea, problem is, the meta upgrades are... bad. They provide mostly minor bonuses, unlock VERY slowly (21 hours, still was not able to win even once). But what is really bad is the fact that the more you play, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Huge news for Battlestar Galactica boardgame fans
neutral · AI labelView post →Is the game ok? Yes, if you just want to waste some time and you do not mind having your time wasted. There are a few design decisions that would make it an excellent gacha. Which makes it not ok, and I would wait for a redesign before purchasing if you are really itching for a roguelite. 1. Crisis flood. Some runs just get destroyed by randomness. You get piled and have NO CHANCE at all to actually play the game or feel like you have any semblance of control. Due to the crisis volume it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FAR too hard, you go from full strength to completely destroyed in 60 seconds. I have gone through the game a few times, replays gives you bonuses from previous runs, I am half way to full bonus for the run and it still takes the piss, too many issues to deal with taking all that bonus resources away making it pointless, then by the time you have to find hidden cylons in your fleet you have no resources to do so. then the combat, the enemy fleet evasion is toooooo HIGH, 120 second battles,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the game is fun, I can't recommend it. It should be in early access or still in beta. Too many aspects are unfinished: the worst among them being the traits that you get for leveling up a hero are unreliable at best. An example: I have multiple heroes that will "when resolving a crisis" "repair a random destroyed squadron". Currently all 4 of my squadrons are destroyed, so that condition is met. I sent one of the heroes with that trait to resolve (step 2 of 2, this is another point that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Xmas haul is great this year - The Thing T-shirt, a superb Battlestar Galactica lunch box, motion tracker cushion, Weyland-Yutani cool box, sci-fi game, book vouchers, and an awesome Nostromo jacket. Merry bloody Christmas!
neutral · AI labelView post →To wit: Is there a single long-running highly acclaimed genre show massively beloved by male nerds that DIDN'T produce an enormous fan backlash to its final season? Just of the ones I've watched, Lost did, Battlestar Galactica did, and Game of Thrones did. Weird that it happened three times, huh?
neutral · AI labelView post →Sucks to see 'Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock' getting delisted in a week. It's a genuinely great "we go" space strategy game, and we'll worth your time.
positive · AI labelView post →I love BSG and I want to love this game but the bottom line is this: The two minutes of RTS play just isn't worth the 20 minutes of clicking through dialogue and transition screens. I get the management aspect and I like that part. The Crisis/Opportunity is somewhat annoying but I get what they are trying to do and it feels very BSG. What slows the game down at every turn seems to be another character saying, "Captain we need you" so they can repeat something the player cares nothing about.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprising, out of nowhere (to me) game that actually pulled me into Battlestar Galactica universe, watched all seasons of show while playing this game. Did not expect so many layers to be included in such 'simple' concept. Highly reccomend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the new Battlestar Galactica game is really good.
positive · AI labelView post →My first impression of this game has been very positive. As a fan of both BSG and roguelite strategy games like FTL and Crying Suns, I feel like I'm getting exactly what I wanted out of this game even after only a couple hours. The game is difficult, punishing, and always makes you feel like you're on the back foot, which is exactly how a Battlestar Galactica game should be. The game mechanics are not too complex, and the tutorial does a great job explaining things without dumping everything on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now #BattlestarGalactica #Gaming #PCGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is good and is pretty accurate to the show. People complaining about crises are just not very good at games I think. If you watch the show you understand that it is part of it. I will say it takes many runs to get to a point where you succeed fully. It is not an easy game but it is fun once you know what is going on. Makes me want to declare martial law within the fleet and - what's that buzzing noise?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think I’ll give this game a thumbs up simply because it wasn’t awful, doesn’t feel like a rippoff, isn’t overprice and isn’t broken or unplayable. But it’s not anything super extraordinary or amazing. If you passed on it you wouldn’t miss much. It doesn’t add anything to the Battlestar Lore, it doesn’t offer groundbreaking gameplay, it doesn’t offer groundbreaking sound design or graphical design or anything really. The overall quality I could call it is average. It’s a very average game.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5) – Casual Players: 👎 | BSG Fans: 😐 As a Battlestar Galactica fan, it's really hard to write this review. I had hoped this would be a decent game that could ultimately give the franchise some much-needed attention. Unfortunately, what we got feels like a half-baked cake. If you're a BSG fan, it might deserve another look after further improvements, preferably with at least a 75% discount. If you're a casual player, scatter your hopes elsewhere. What It Gets Right ✅…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiple games from Slitherine are free to keep for a limited time like Battlestar Galactica Deadlock #FreeGames #Steam #PCGaming #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Not a particularly easy game initially, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes hugely enjoyable especially if you are a fan of the i.P. I had previously played the demo so knew what to expect, basically you are in command of a gunstar, which is a much smaller ship than a Battlestar like Galactica, you have a few civilian ships with you and your aim is to balance needs, factions, heroes, health, R&D, crises, vessel repairs, gunstar weapons, and asquadron of fighters or similar craft (you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really nice roguelike FTL concept that improves on Crying Suns quite a bit. It has some decent strategy, the space combat is great, characters that you build up over a run (similar to Xcom), and the base management is a nice break from the action. There's a metagame where you unlock future improvements, and you can unlock different fleets and upgrades as you play. It's exactly like the demo, so give it a shot. Edit: After playing a bunch more hours, I got pretty tired of it. The same events…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun and well thought out on the surface. Lots of different gameplay systems, but if you're looking for a game that treats you fairly... look elsewhere. Huge fan of roguelites and likes, but this game LOVES kicking you in the teeth... even when you make good choices. Unfortunately, RNG is far more likely to ruin your run than save it, which ends up making the experience more frustrating than anything. It's hard to get that "one more run" feeling when your last one ended because the game RNG'd…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →France playing the Battlestar Galactica long game you love to see it
neutral · AI labelView post →rewatching the end of Battlestar Galactica 04 for the first time since after Game of Thrones ended and I think maybe I judged it too harshly before
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