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Starcom: Unknown Space
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Wow, I wasn't expecting it. This was really good and not as "simplistic" as it looked on gameplays and screens. Positives: - Fun to build your own ship - Good combat once you have more toys to play around with - Good writing - Fun and well-made banter among your crew - Many…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“Probably the first time I review a game so I'll keep it short. This game is truly Star Trek in spirit if not in IP. It's got combat but doesn't limit itself to it, it's got oodles of exploration, it's got feisty insectoids. Dialogue and crew banter is good, story isn't anything…”
— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs played“By the time I got around to writing this I hadn't played in nearly a couple of months (when checking my game list of things to uninstall) I realised I got to a point in this game where it wasn't completed, but I played a very decent amount of; yet had no real compelling reason…”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:51 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
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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.
End of 2025 News Update: What I've Been Up To
Greetings Commanders,It's been several months since my last news update. Coming up on the seven year anniversary of Starcom: Nexus entering Early Access, the end of the year, and a current big sale on
Unity Security Patch
Patch for Unity Security Issue CVE-2025-59489. Also includes update to Turkish localization content.
Video Dev Log: How Starcom Keeps Track of a Huge Open World
Earlier this week I updated the default build with a small patch.The main thing I've been working on since the last update has been investigating Unity's ECS system. That has been a huge learning expe
Kepler 21550 Minor Patch
Minor patch to fix: Localization bug preventing some text fields from being shown if user's system language was set to Turkish Fixed potential issue with user content Fixed typo
Dev Update: August 8, 2025
Since Starcom: Unknown Space entered Early Access in 2022, I've posted weekly updates on the game's development, with only a few scheduled interruptions. While I am still doing work on the game and re
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Space · Exploration · Open World · Space Sim · Action RPG · Story Rich · Indie · Sci-fi · Top-Down Shooter · RPG · Action · Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English, German, Russian, Ukrainian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://wx3.com/starcom-unknown-space/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 8/10/11 Processor: Core i5 2.3 GHz+ Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB Direct3D 11 Capable video card or better (see additional notes) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Some users have reported issues with older, integrated Intel laptop GPUs. Dedicated GPU recommended. Installing to SSD recommended.