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Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters
Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Wow this game is good. I was shocked about how quickly I got sucked into the gameplay. its surprisingly simple but very hard to master. The main loop of the game is exploration. Your ship has fuel and crew, you must manage both as you explore and replenish them at the star base…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“One of the greatest video games of all time that still holds up well even 30+ years after its initial release. There's such a great sense of freedom, cause and effect, and of mystery in this deceptively deep game. It's so cool that the game continues to be improved over the…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“RECOMMENDED WITH A GUIDE. Because of the semi-strict time limit, you should use a walkthrough the first time through or you are doomed to fail. You have to know what to do and when or you won't stand a chance at beating it. It takes maybe 12 hours to beat the game even if you…”
— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Free Stars: Children of Infinity Combat Demo Now Available
Launch Fighters! The Free Stars: Children of Infinity Combat Demo is now available for everyone to play for free on Steam on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Hop into 1v1 local or online melee with 38 totally
Release Notes for June 20th, 2025
The following pieces of music have been removed from Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters: Hyperspace Theme Intro Theme Commander Hayes Theme Mycon Theme Thraddash Theme Yehat Theme These changes were made
Steam Cloud and MacOS Build Added
We're excited to announce an update for Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters : MacOS build added to Steam. Steam Cloud enabled with automatic cloud saves. Please note that cloud saves are platform specific
Kickstarter for Free Stars: Children of Infinity Surpasses Goals!
Happy Days and Jubilation! On April 16th, we launched our Kickstarter for Free Stars: Children of Infinity , and within just over 3 hours, it was fully funded! Our Kickstarter still has several stretc
Free Stars: Children of Infinity Kickstarter
Launch Fighters! On April 16th at 7am PT, we are excited to launch our Kickstarter for Free Stars: Children of Infinity . Haven’t gotten a good look at the game in a while? Be sure to check out our Ki
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Exploration · RPG · Top-Down Shooter · Action RPG · Action-Adventure · PvE · Top-Down · Funny · 2D · PvP · Story Rich · Choices Matter (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://freestarsgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/7/8/10 or higher Processor: Intel Pentium or equivalent Graphics: Integrated or better Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: Any