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Starcom: Nexus
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 61 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoyed this game, lots of space exploration, ship customization, a compelling enough story with enjoyable gameplay. Generally relaxing but some space battles are tough enough to offer some challenge. Has kind…”
“Scratches an itch that I've had since I've played Unknown Space for the nth time. Not nearly as good as its sequel, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't call it good. Honestly I'd be super interested in the campaign being…”
16 of the 61 reviews raise this.
“I enjoyed this game a lot. I played the sequel first before I played this game, and it was interested seeing how far the second game went compared to this game in terms of gameplay enhancements. The primary draw of this…”
“I really enjoyed this game, lots of space exploration, ship customization, a compelling enough story with enjoyable gameplay. Generally relaxing but some space battles are tough enough to offer some challenge. Has kind…”
“It's indie Star Trek TNG, and does it very well. Smooth gameplay and excellent writing, highly recommended.”
5 of the 61 reviews raise this.
“Well worth it for hours of relaxing exploration and research as you slowly uncover the story. Quite a bit of variety in the ship builds too!”
“I played Starcom: Unknown Space first and loved it so much that I had to grab this one as well. I guess Unknown Space is better overall, but this one really pushes most of the same buttons I liked about the sequel. Both…”
5 of the 61 reviews raise this.
“A fun playthrough. I did almost everything in one playthrough in 25 hours. If you've played Escape Velocity or another similar game, start with Hard or another difficulty; once you hit the big bads at endgame, consider…”
“I played this game after Unknown Space. My first playthrough took me about 10 hours less than US did, but I think that's at least partially down to being more familiar with ship design and game mechanics. There is still…”
“Well worth it for hours of relaxing exploration and research as you slowly uncover the story. Quite a bit of variety in the ship builds too!”
4 of the 61 reviews raise this.
“Surprisingly good. Sure, the gameplay loop is very basic: shoot the baddies, go to a planet, survey it, then things happen... Or not. That said, each anomaly encountered is interesting from a narrative perspective, can…”
“Space exploration and shooter game that is rather addictive. You are thrown into a distant galaxy, and have to build your ship up by finding raw materials and new technologies. You do this by finding aliens, befriending…”
“Fun Galaxy adventure. Feels much less of a grind than other space sims I have played.”
6 of the 61 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I enjoyed this game a lot. I played the sequel first before I played this game, and it was interested seeing how far the second game went compared to this game in terms of gameplay enhancements. The primary draw of this…”
5 of the 61 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Losing an hour of gameplay because autosaves are too far apart, make this a NO!”
“The game can be aa bit slow at times, but still keeps my interest..”
4 of the 61 reviews raise this.
Counted across 61 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Probably my new favourite game to play on the side ... That said it's an excellent space exploration game with some decent combat. Nice progressions systems makes it enjoyable to push always a bit further. Looking for some kind of space "arpg" this might be it !”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Bought this and Unknown Space after watching some vids by Jingles, decent game with no obvious bugs, well worth the money”
— a player, Steam review · 67 hrs played“Starcom: Nexus is the Unity reboot of an old flash game named Starcom. The gameplay is almost entirely going around in space in your vessel and constantly blowing things up so you live our your fantasy of being captain of your very own Star-Trek crew. I don't want to harp too…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Steam Space Exploration Fest & Starcom: Unknown Space Launch
Greetings commanders! Most of you probably know that I've spent the past 4+ years working on a follow-up to Starcom: Nexus, called Starcom: Unknown Space. It's not a direct sequel, but another chance
Starcom: Nexus Deepest Discount and Starcom: Unknown Space Approaching Release
Greetings commanders! As many of you know, the Starcom follow-up title "Unknown Space" has been in Early Access for the past 18 months. Neither a direct sequel nor a reboot, the game gives players a c
Starcom: Unknown Space
It's been almost 3 years since Starcom: Nexus graduated from Early Access and I've spent most of that time working on the follow-up title. Based on player survey responses, I've kept the core gameplay
Retrospective & Future Plans
It’s been a little over two years since Starcom: Nexus graduated from Early Access. Shortly after graduation, I posted a survey to find out what players liked most, and what areas they felt could use
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Space · Sci-fi · RPG · Exploration · Action · Adventure · Indie · Open World · Space Sim · Top-Down · Building · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Russian |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Official site | http://www.starcomnexus.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/10 Processor: Intel Core i5 2.2 GHz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB Direct3D 11 Capable video card or better DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space