"Pandora: First Contact was a very nice surprise. When I first tried it, roughly one year ago, I had hopes that it could become an enjoyable 4X title, but not to the extent that I found it to be now, at release. In other words, this is a much better game than I first expected and surely one of the games I enjoyed most playing in recent years."

– www.spacesector.com

"At the end of the day – be it Solar, or Pandoran – Proxy Studios have punched markedly above their weight with this game. Pandora: First Contact might have a few microscopic deficits with its written elements, but if you’re in the market to crash-land in the new-New World and tame all manner of exotic elements, then a fellow probably won’t be serviced better than via this very game."

– www.d22-zone.co.uk

"It feels quite different from Alpha Centauri in a lot of good ways. There are a lot of really really good ideas in Pandora. And this is a game I didn't think I would like as much as I do. This is a game full of streamlining, full of simplicity, full of clarity, ... and then it beats you in the ass. I tend to be very protective of Alpha Centauri. But I was actually really impressed by a lot of the decisions they made."

– Three Moves Ahead

"I've been praising the interface time and time again, but I think there's a very good reason to praise the interface because this is all really nicely put together and it shows pretty much everything at a glance."

– TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit

"Keep patching it, keep giving me expansions, I could play this game for a long time. If they keep feeding this game, this could potentially be a masterpiece, in the long term. Certainly very polished and clean. I am very impressed with this indie effort."

– quill18

"All in all, I would recommend Pandora First Contact to anyone who enjoys the turn based strategy 4x genre. It is challenging and will burn away the hours as you involve yourself in the world of Pandora."

– www.addictinggamereviews.com

"Whether it's the Mass Effect like soundtrack, the rolling of tanks across Xenomorph hives, or the rich quotes from famous leaders and philosophers that provide the flavour texts for events, Pandora: First Contact shines with particular distinction and should not be underestimated as a strategy game worth playing over and over again."

– www.wargamer.com