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Sid Meier's Starships

Sid Meier's Starships

Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.

Released Mar 12, 2015 Developer Firaxis Games Publisher 2K Platforms Windows · Mac StrategySpaceTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTactical
View on Steam ↗ $3.74 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

50.2%positive2,406 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“You won't get hours and years of replay out of this, but it's a fun light strategy capital ship fighter with a Risk like, space map. I pick it up now and then and it scratches the itch Starbattle left in my heart 15 years ago. If it was on sale for cheap, I'd suggest picking it…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Good game to pick up on sale. Features some of the game mechanics found in the "Civilization" games, but much less refined. Decent game to play when you have a few hours to kill.”

— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“interesting game, if it was completed. how do you sell vessels? I bought ships. ran out of money. and couldn't continue because I could earn any resources of whatever stupid type.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:53 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

21playing at last check
2624-hour peak
3,387all-time peak
0 500 1k 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 878 avg · Mar 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

31achievements
26.6%median completion
1.9%rarest: The trouble with science…
78.3% of players 66.2% of players 63.4% of players 60.9% of players 55.9% of players 52.8% of players 52.4% of players 52.0% of players 51.0% of players 47.5% of players 43.0% of players 40.3% of players 36.1% of players 34.6% of players 27.5% of players 26.6% of players 26.4% of players 25.5% of players 23.4% of players 23.3% of players 21.7% of players 20.8% of players 20.6% of players 16.5% of players 13.8% of players 13.8% of players 7.2% of players 4.3% of players 3.4% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 78.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.3%I, uh, I've been to another planet, Ma. — Travel to another planet
66.2%Hit 'em where it hurts — Score a critical hit on an enemy ship
63.4%It's dangerous to go alone! Take this. — Upgrade the lasers on your ship
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%The trouble with science… — Give away a tech through negotiating with an enemy
2.1%It's our time down here. — Defend your home planet
3.4%Take to the skies — Start a game using a save game from Beyond Earth

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.

$3.74−75% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99base price
$3.74lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US3.74 USD−75%
EU3.74 EUR−75%
UK2.74 GBP−75%
Australia3.74 AUD−75%
Canada4.24 CAD−75%
Japan370 JPY−75%
Brazil9.99 BRL−75%
China12.25 CNY−75%

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

China≈$1.8 Brazil Japan Australia Canada UK US EU≈$4.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Apr 30, 2026
Firaxis Anniversary Sale - Join the 30th Anniversary Celebration

Firaxis Anniversary Sale May 1st represents a historic milestone for Firaxis Games: 30 years of crafting world-class strategy experiences. To mark three decades of excellence and the debut of a bold n

May 05, 2015
Starships 1.3 update now available

Firaxis Games has issued a new update for the PC version of Sid Meier’s Starships today. This update, which adds greater depth to AI behavior, increases overall difficulty and implements design change

May 05, 2015
Starships 1.3 update now available

Firaxis Games has issued a new update for the PC version of Sid Meier’s Starships today. This update, which adds greater depth to AI behavior, increases overall difficulty and implements design change

Apr 02, 2015
Minor update now live

A new update is available for Sid Meier’s Starships. This update includes minor bug fixes and should automatically download through Steam. If you are having issues triggering the download, please chec

Apr 02, 2015
Minor update now live

A new update is available for Sid Meier’s Starships. This update includes minor bug fixes and should automatically download through Steam. If you are having issues triggering the download, please chec

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical · Singleplayer · Casual · 4X · Turn-Based (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements31
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.2k.com/games/sid-meiers-starships
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD4000 or better integrated graphics Storage: 841 MB available space Sound Card: Audio output capability