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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)

A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Released Aug 9, 2017 Developer Massive Damage, Inc. Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux 4XTactical RPGTurn-BasedExplorationTurn-Based Strategy
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

79.1%positive841 reviews
Recommended · 190 found this helpful

“Rating 6/10 Worth it? It might be at a -50% discount. At full price I'd be a little disappointed. Playtime It took me about 18 hours to complete on Normal difficulty (Commander) - this was the second easiest difficulties (out of 8 available). I wasn't rushing it, tried to…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 38 found this helpful

“tl, dr: If you generally love SciFi and tactical fights, this game has an amazing atmosphere for you, though its mechanics still needs some serious refining. In the lightspeed edition, the grind has been reduced to a much more tolerable level. Important genre note: This is a…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Not recommended · 121 found this helpful

“I like what this game could have been. I got FTL vibes right away, and the turn based RPG battles was something I was interested in. But it's all just a mess. For how little is actually going on, this game is cluttered with a ton of different menus and tutorial messages and…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

409all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 122 avg · Apr 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.

82achievements
10.6%median completion
0.6%rarest: Damnit, Jim. I'm a Doctor, Not An Undertaker!
75.3% of players 72.5% of players 66.9% of players 60.8% of players 54.4% of players 50.9% of players 49.1% of players 48.8% of players 45.4% of players 45.1% of players 42.9% of players 40.9% of players 40.8% of players 40.0% of players 35.5% of players 34.6% of players 34.6% of players 34.5% of players 33.5% of players 30.7% of players 30.4% of players 28.8% of players 23.5% of players 23.3% of players 22.9% of players 21.9% of players 21.4% of players 21.0% of players 20.6% of players 18.8% of players 17.6% of players 14.9% of players 14.0% of players 13.4% of players 12.2% of players 12.0% of players 11.8% of players 11.5% of players 11.4% of players 11.3% of players 10.8% of players 10.6% of players 10.5% of players 10.0% of players 9.9% of players 9.2% of players 8.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.7% of players 6.9% of players 6.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 6.4% of players 6.1% of players 5.4% of players 5.4% of players 5.1% of players 4.2% of players 3.3% of players 75.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
75.3%Tier 1 Ship — Built a tier one ship.
72.5%Blanket Fort Baron — Built a base room.
66.9%Knowledge is Power — Finished the tutorial.
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Damnit, Jim. I'm a Doctor, Not An Undertaker! — Lost 100 Green Shirts in ground combat.
0.6%Ruler of the 'Verse — Successfully beat the game on Emperor difficulty.
0.6%Conqueror of the Cosmos — Successfully beat the game on Ur-Admirax difficulty.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US14.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,480 JPY
Brazil27.99 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.0 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-25 08-11 08-30 09-17 10-05 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 25, 2023
Announcing our new title, Fera: The Sundered Tribes!

Hello hello, I know it's been awhile, thank you for your continued support and being a wonderful community! We've been heads down for 2 years working away on this new title, and I'm so glad we can fin

Sep 02, 2020
Try the Beta Preview of Star Renegades today!

Only 6 days left until the launch of our new sci-fi strategy RPG rogue-lite, Star Renegades! ːsteamhappyː https://store.steampowered.com/app/651670/Star_Renegades/ Head over to our Gleam link here to

Mar 13, 2018
Announcing our new game, Star Renegades!

We're excited to announce we're working on a new game called Star Renegades! Watch the teaser trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBeEKxFA3s WISHLIST Star Renegades here: http://store.steampower

Mar 13, 2018
Announcing our new game, Star Renegades!

We're excited to announce we're working on a new game called Star Renegades! Watch the teaser trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBeEKxFA3s WISHLIST Star Renegades here: http://store.steampower

Feb 01, 2018
The Precursor Legacy DLC is OUT TODAY!

Commanders! I am sending a distress signal of the highest magnitudes to your battlestations! We have detected a strange presence of an unearthly megabehemoth entity after uncovering these ancient plan

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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.

GenresIndie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tags4X · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based · Exploration · Turn-Based Strategy · Base-Building · Strategy RPG · RPG · Strategy · 2D · Turn-Based Combat · Space (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements82
Official sitehttp://www.playhalcyon6.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10 Processor: 2GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB Storage: 1 GB available space