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Hades' Star
A unique space strategy game where thousands of players participate in one shared galaxy.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“So I have been playing this game pretty much daily for close to 2 years now. I wanted to weigh in because I'm seeing A LOT of misconceptions in the reviews that are here and wanted to clear some of them up. I have put more hours into this game than any mobile game BY FAR and…”
— a player, Steam review · 459 hrs played“Pro Tip when you try this game: Give it a week. Most games you can decide if you like within the first 15 minutes. This is not most games. Give it a week and then decide if you want to keep going. It's free. Give it a look. This is a great slow-burn sci-fi game. This is the kind…”
— a player, Steam review · 207 hrs played“6000+ hours, several years of collecting credits, planning upgrades, strategizing and waiting for upgrades. All down the drain. Nerfed credit caps, destroyed fully upgraded trade stations, removed entire module trees (modules, that together form a strategy of some sort),…”
— a player, Steam review · 6,106 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Quantum Stars now available!
Quantum Stars are now available! This is a new star type that has long been requested by the community. We are excited to bring brand new content to the game and looking forward to working together an
Hades' Star 2025.2 is now available!
This major update focuses on new content and changes requested by the community. To suggest new features and vote on features other players have suggested, join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/
Hades' Star 2025.1 is now available!
This major update focuses on changes requested by the community. To vote on future update features, join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/hadesstar Detailed changelog: Named Ship Loadouts allow
Update notes, November 7
Additional Crystals awarded to all existing accounts, to help with the Dark Nebula transition. Check your Inbox message. Long time players will be awarded more Crystals. We recommend spending the Crys
Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA is now available!
This is the biggest update to the game since it first released, more than 6 years ago. Thank you to everyone in this community for supporting the game over all these years! Changelog: http://blog.hade
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Massively Multiplayer, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Space · Strategy · Massively Multiplayer · Sci-fi · RTS · Multiplayer · Tactical · PvE · PvP · Online Co-Op · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | http://www.hadesstar.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista SP1+ Processor: CPU with SSE2 support Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Any