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Redshirt

Redshirt

Redshirt is the comedy sci-fi sim about social networking aboard a space station, starring the station's most ambitious low-ranking peon: you! Navigate the professional and interpersonal politics of the ubiquitous "Spacebook" to curry favor among friends and colleagues.

Released Nov 13, 2013 Developer The Tiniest Shark Publisher Positech Platforms Windows IndieSimulationRPGSatireStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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41.8%positive392 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game is trash. And its so wokle its genuinely, truly comically woke to the point of parodying itself into satire. But good God Do I unironically love this game. If you can get it at 2 or 3 dollars its a diamond. Jump in.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Red shirt is a game where you are a red shirt (a low level disposable employee) in a star trek like setting. Your goal is to try and successfully leave the station before the last day when the station will blow up. There are many ways of doing this: buying a ticket off the…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Well... It´s a Build your Carreer and Social Life Simulator. You definetely need to be affected for series like Star Trek etc. But otherwise you wouln´t have found the game anyway i think. It´s a little nerdy but for being a whole statistic and events based game it´s quite…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Oct 07, 2020
Democracy 4 is now in Early Access!

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Sep 29, 2020
Democracy 4 is just ONE WEEK away from Early Access

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Sep 03, 2020
Democracy 4 is coming soon. Add to your wishlist :D

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Oct 15, 2019
Coming soon: Design Variety Expansion pack for Production Line 🚗🚗🚗

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Jan 31, 2014
Redshirt updated to v1.04

Redshirt has been updated to v1.04! This update is available immediately for Windows players, and Mac and Linux players will also receive the same update later today. Here's what the update addresses:

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Facts & details

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GenresIndie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsIndie · Simulation · RPG · Satire · Strategy · Sci-fi · Comedy · Casual · Dark Humor · Singleplayer · Life Sim · LGBTQ+ (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements20
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.positech.co.uk/redshirt/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2 gig Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: any