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X3: Farnham's Legacy DLC

X3: Farnham's Legacy is a new game in the X3 space game series. TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD, THINK in a living and breathing universe, which incorporates a new storyline and yet more additions to the open, free-form gameplay that forms the core of all X series games.

App ID	483330
App Type	DLC
Developers	Egosoft
Publishers	Egosoft
Categories	Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Downloadable Content
Genres	Strategy, Action, Simulation
Release Date	4 May, 2021
Platforms	Windows, Linux
Supported Languages	Spanish - Spain, Japanese, English, German, Russian

51 Players in Game

849 All-Time Peak

64,78 Rating

Steam Charts

51 Players in Game

849 All-Time Peak

64,78 Rating

At the moment, X3: Farnham's Legacy has 51 players actively in-game. This is 0% lower than its all-time peak of 83.

X3: Farnham's Legacy Player Count

X3: Farnham's Legacy monthly active players. This table represents the average number of players engaging with the game each month, providing insights into its ongoing popularity and player activity trends.

Month	Average Players	Change
2025-07	55	-4.17%
2025-06	57	-1.18%
2025-05	58	-3%
2025-04	60	0%

6 Total Reviews

5 Positive Reviews

1 Negative Reviews

Mixed Score

X3: Farnham's Legacy has garnered a total of 6 reviews, with 5 positive reviews and 1 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Mixed’ overall score.

Reviews Chart

Chart above illustrates the trend of feedback for X3: Farnham's Legacy over time, showcasing the dynamic changes in player opinions as new updates and features have been introduced. This visual representation helps to understand the game's reception and how it has evolved.

Recent Steam Reviews

This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback

Playtime: 4 minutes

more x3...what else is there needed to say 😁

👍 : 1 | 😃 : 0

Positive

Playtime: 21813 minutes

It's an open space game with plenty of things to figure out and do.

👍 : 0 | 😃 : 0

Positive

Playtime: 31855 minutes

X3 is one of the best space games ever made. Farnham's Legacy is the 4th version of X3 and is easy as good as 2 and 3 leaning toward more sandbox play than stories. is one main mission but it's short. cool, but short. what FL provides is new and interesting dynamic relations with covert spy play that keeps things interesting while you try to dominate the universe. it also streamlines factory logistics and helps you manage your empire more easily. feels different than the others, with a slightly different map to keep things interesting. worth the money and on sale a steal.

👍 : 1 | 😃 : 0

Positive

Playtime: 418 minutes

At first I was very excited when Farnham's Legend got released, but after being stuck for 6 hours, in a severely restricted starting universe, grinding insanely boring and repetitive tasks to make enough money to advance the plot I give up. I just can't imagine what went through the developer's mind when creating these starting conditions. You're locked in a few sectors with minimal activity / economy, and the only thing you can do to advance the plotline in the hopes of escaping this miserable patch of sectors is to slowly grind for credits, bit by bit. Most buletin board missions are hilariously broken (e.g. get to some station in another sector that would take 8 minutes in a fully upgraded TP in less than 2 minutes). I don't think the people who created this even tried playing it. I played extensively and loved every one of the X3 games, but this is an abject failure and bitter dissapointment.

👍 : 2 | 😃 : 1

Negative

Playtime: 6504 minutes

63 hours in and it has just been taken by the nose from place to stupid childish story line place. No open world like TC3. locked in to a few sectors without much to do. Need to solve puzzles to leave to larger universe, I assume. My hopes that TC3 was expanded in Farnham's Legend have been dashed most vile. But when you finally clear the closed space the game gets way better.

👍 : 0 | 😃 : 0

Positive

Playtime: 880 minutes

Well, it's a free community-made DLC: story is good but not amazing, new features are interesting but not so well implemented IMHO and in some story missions, you'll find some annoying bugs though. Play it.

👍 : 0 | 😃 : 0

Positive

Playtime: 1593 minutes

I've loved pretty much all the X Series of games (With a couple of notable exceptions) Farnham's Legend makes for a fun story with some really interesting little quirks of it's own. Reminds me of X3 Reunion but with fun additions. Like most X games it can take a while to get up to speed (Haul those energy cells :P:P) but is fairly satisfying when you get to the stage where you can start buying your own ships and work on putting up some factories.

👍 : 0 | 😃 : 0

Positive

Playtime: 4747 minutes

Instead of fixing core issues like: - OP M7Ms achieving which plus some torpedo factories is now basically an end-point of the game and a "god mode" eradication of stuff (that, also an issue, artifically respawns) that leads to imminent loss of player's interest. Also, NPC M7Ms and M8s are also too OP, if you dont enjoy imbalanced rocket spam yourself, these things cannot be countered. - Removing TC/AP bonus package trader/station management support (forcing you to use NPC pilot instead which i dont want because i prefer Xenon ropleplay keeping things as automated as possible) - Broken economics (docks 99% of time have 0 of everything, also production chains are too simple and outdated for today - why not to add quantum tubes for shield production for example as it is said in their description, and why warheads are not used in missile production lol?) - Non-capturable sectors, universe is static - Basically non-existent early game (what was arguably the best part of X-T, X2 and X3R where you feel self small and theres a big space around to explore and achieve stuff, which is now replaced with an immersion-ruining feeling where everything is about player service and free valuable gifts - Broken missions - rewards too easy farming, too artificial and stupid mission objectives spawn - Poor Xenon infrastructure and stupid respawns - Lack of development progress in Artificial Life aspect - Balancing of the ships (creating appealing perseus-copypaste kogarasu maru instead of balancing existing ships to try to make all of them equally interesting) .. devs decided to push dumb X4 trends of free stuff giving you HQ (some ugly boron thing while also removing cool TC/AP HQs from the game) just for launching a game, weird obsession with NPC people way of managing commercial stuff forcing you to use their station manager NPC instead of AI commands, and deliver new stupidities like so-called "discoverers guild" that can for example spawn a whole freaking asteroid out of nowhere for you, or immediately transfer reward wares like if they have 25km transporter and have unrestricted access to your ship, or new sector discovery/capture system that could in theory be great if done right but in fact is completely pre-scripted and feels artificial af, or cargo stealer device that is straight legitimate cheating by save-load abuse. Only good thing is new reputation system, though it needs some tweaking. At the start game actually delivers good atmosphere, but when you start hitting common stuff you understand that things only get worse. I am absolutely convinced that X3 Reunion is best game of the series and after it devs took a wrong way in the most of the game aspects, arcadifying the game more and more instead of developing immersion. X3FL could make X3 great again and close all the gestalts, but for me appeared to be a big disappointment.

👍 : 0 | 😃 : 0

Negative

Playtime: 109993 minutes

This is the ultimate X3 what it will come off. With some mods on its a complete game

👍 : 0 | 😃 : 0

Positive

Playtime: 96876 minutes

I've discovered X3 series in 2020 via X4. After few false starts of "i don't get this UI at all", I'm now over 500+ hours combined with TC, AP, and FL, and well appreciate the unique well polished gem that is X3. FL is the game that feels "complete" - game systems work great with each other. AP has, for me, dead ends where you can be friends with everyone, can build some stations but player is definitely not a faction on a level as AI is, and minor factions and corporations aren't as fleshed out. What's great about FL? - exploration and think aspects are enhanced (details in list items below) - while some explorable sectors are randomized, game makes sure that nothing unique will be missed, and some discoverables respawn - tons and tons of QoL changes - dynamic reputation is delightfully asymetric and lore friendly. Based on who you're friends with changes the landscape of which sectors are easy to travel and trade in. - diplomacy aspect is what makes dynamic reputation a fun game mechanic and not frustration, since nothing is out of reach permanently - no need for looking up maps or ship comparison on-line - game collects data as you play, and map and ship search and comparison in-game is fantastic. Combined with diplomacy, this adds emergent goals of trying to find who sells or has the blueprint for ship you're coveting, and then figuring out how to get it. I'm immensely enjoying populating universe map without looking at online version beforehand. - you can be self sufficient faction: stations, upgrades, software, ships - it's all buildable! - million more things

👍 : 42 | 😃 : 0

Positive

X3: Farnham's Legacy DLC

ID		Name	Type	Release Date
2820		X3: Terran Conflict	GAME	16 Oct, 2008

X3: Farnham's Legacy offers 1 downloadable content (DLC) packs, each adding unique elements and extending the core gameplay experience. These packs may include new missions, characters, maps, or cosmetic items, enriching the player's engagement with the game.

X3: Farnham's Legacy Steam Achievements

X3: Farnham's Legacy offers players a rich tapestry of challenges, with a total of 65 achievements to unlock. These achievements span a variety of in-game activities, encouraging exploration, skill development, and strategic mastery. Unlocking these achievements provides not only a rewarding experience but also a deeper engagement with the game's content.

Crash Course

Pass the Flight School.

Keys to the Kingdom

Mightier than the Sword

Invisible Door

Path to Divinity

For the Queen

Nexus Incident

Farnham's Legacy

Community Overwatch

Guardian of Earth

Private Yacht

Foundations

Nice Stash

Get 100 million credits in your account.

It Was About Time!

Get more than two billion credits in your account.

Captain of Industry

Achieve trade rank Wholesaler.

X-Treme Trader

Achieve trade rank X-TREME.

Combat Pro

Achieve fight rank Professional.

X-Treme Fighter

Achieve fight rank X-TREME.

Traveller

Visit all sectors. Unfocused jumps don't count.

Major Miner

Mine ten units of Nividium.

Defender of the Universe

Destroy 1,000 Xenon ships.

Fly Swatter

Stun seven space flies at once.

On the Beat

Earn 100,000 credits with a police licence.

Pirate Fever

Force a pilot to eject a crate worth over 10,000 credits.

A Few Good Men

Train five marines to five stars.

A Proud Moment

Build a factory.

Maze

Build a complex with five factories.

Liberator

Claim ten ships.

Operation Blackbeard

Board and take over ten capital ships.

Reboot

Board and take over a Xenon Q.

Turn Up the Heat

Destroy 20 ships with the Plasma Burst Generator.

Solar Shock Wave

Destroy a Solar Power Plant.

It's Cold Outside

Force a pilot to eject from their ship.

Diplomatic

Send an Agent on a diplomatic mission.

Subversive

Send an Agent on an espionage mission.

Scavenger

Collect 10 million credits worth from cargo crates.

Ahoy Me Hearties

Obtain the highest rank amongst the pirates.

Jail Time

Get caught trading on the black market.

Unfounded

Reach enemy rank with all members of the Foundations Guild.

Lost Profit

Reach enemy rank with all members of the Profit Guild.

War is Good Business

Reach Enemy Rank with the Teladi and NMMC.

Complexes made Easy

Build a complex of 20 stations with a single complex hub.

On the Move

Pack up and move a station.

Smuggler

Sell 10 million credits worth of goods from the black market.

Influential

Spend 10,000 influence.

Industrial Farmer

Upgrade any food factory to XXL.

Weapons Baron

Upgrade any weapons factory to XXL.

Stop, Thief!

Steal cargo using the Cargo Bay Hacker.

Sneaky

Hide illegal cargo with cargo bay shielding.

***Modified***

Drones, Drones, Drones

Obtain a drone carrier.

All Your Sector are Belong to Us

Use a trading station to claim your own sector.

Repair Service

Repair a damaged NPC ship.

Please Surrender

Get a ship to surrender via Comms.

Cheapskate

Save 100 million credits by using your repair laser.

Tubman Award

Release 100 slaves.

Farnham's Journey

You've been duked

Epic Empire

Obtain a net worth of 100 billion credits.

Man-of-War

Own an Armoured Transporter.

Common Blueprint Collector

Obtain the blueprints of all common ships.

Rare Blueprint Collector

Obtain the blueprints of all rare ships.

Special Blueprint Collector

Obtain the blueprints of all special ships.

Industrial Collector

Obtain all station blueprints.

Master Collector

Obtain all 4 collector achievements.

X3: Farnham's Legacy Screenshots

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X3: Farnham's Legacy Minimum PC System Requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7
Processor: Pentium® IV or AMD® equivalent at 2.0 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB 3D DirectX 9 Compatible video card (not onboard) with Pixel Shader 1.1 support
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: Soundcard (Surround Sound support recommended)

X3: Farnham's Legacy Recommended PC System Requirements

Recommended:

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD® equivalent at 2.0 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB 3D DirectX 9 Compatible video card (not onboard) with Pixel Shader 3.0 support
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: Soundcard (Surround Sound support recommended)

X3: Farnham's Legacy Minimum MAC System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: 10.7 (Lion)
Processor: Pentium® IV or AMD® equivalent at 2.0 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256MB OpenGL 2.0+ discrete NVIDIA/AMD card or Intel Core i7-2620M
Storage: 10 GB available space

X3: Farnham's Legacy Recommended MAC System Requirements

Recommended:

OS: 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD® equivalent at 2.0 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: 512MB OpenGL 3.0+ discrete NVIDIA/AMD card
Storage: 10 GB available space

X3: Farnham's Legacy Recommended Linux System Requirements

Recommended:

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD® equivalent at 2.0 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: 512MB OpenGL 3.0+ discrete NVIDIA/AMD card (with proprietary driver)
Storage: 10 GB available space

X3: Farnham's Legacy has specific system requirements to ensure smooth gameplay. The minimum settings provide basic performance, while the recommended settings are designed to deliver the best gaming experience. Check the detailed requirements to ensure your system is compatible before making a purchase.

X3: Farnham's Legacy Latest News & Patches

This game has received a total of 5 updates to date, ensuring continuous improvements and added features to enhance player experience. These updates address a range of issues from bug fixes and gameplay enhancements to new content additions, demonstrating the developer's commitment to the game's longevity and player satisfaction.

X3: Farnham's Legacy Update 1.1 Released

Date: 2021-05-20 13:13:13

👍 : 240 | 👎 : 1

X3: Farnham's Legacy - 1.2 update now available

Date: 2021-06-16 10:09:57

👍 : 229 | 👎 : 4

Linux version now available

Date: 2021-07-09 12:13:29

👍 : 190 | 👎 : 1

Audio hotfix for Linux version

Date: 2021-07-14 07:31:15

👍 : 108 | 👎 : 4