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Stardeus
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep automation and colony systems” (25 of 87 reviews) and “active responsive developer” (15); the most common complaint is “shallow repetitive gameplay loops” (17). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
25 of the 87 reviews raise this.
15 of the 87 reviews raise this.
7 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“Amazing detail for a game still in development. Feels like a completed game. Can't wait to see how much more depth they add in the future. For those worried about learnign curve, suggest follow default scenario and…”
6 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“Haven't even played much, but from the UI rework alone, I know this is the game for me. Devs, Yall rock! Thank you for such a small QoL feature, but so big of a thing for me. Thank you.”
5 of the 87 reviews raise this.
17 of the 87 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“This used to be a really neat game, but it started to go downhill ever since the FTL changes. He says that a poll determined those changes (only on his discord), but if you actually read the poll and the discussion, I…”
6 of the 87 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 87 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Firstly, this game is not for me. Cannot recommend the game in its current state compared to finished products of this genre. Did not enjoy the interface whatsoever, it was a more confusing and less functional version…”
4 of the 87 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 87 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 87 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Ahh yes, this is the one I've been looking for and didn't even know it. The Rim World influence caught me first, and having the DLC for Rim World that allows you to build a space craft (be it ever so tedious a process) I thought this would be interesting spin. I bought it on…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“My first thought when I randomly saw the game on Youtube: Wait, is this a modded Rimworld? :D Turns out, this is the game that I wanted to play for a long time. You're an AI of the ship and live in its server room. You can build the ship any way you want, mine, trade and refine…”
— a player, Steam review · 202 hrs played“Ive enjoyed the game and have been playing it on and off for the last few years, it runs nice and smooth, the ftl change is alright but i find the late game to be a bit repetitive and to me at least feels annoying at parts especially some parts of late researching”
— a player, Steam review · 137 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 2026-10-23.
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.
v0.15 is coming soon
We're planning to release v0.15 later this month. If you want to try it early, you can switch to the experimental branch on Steam today. The update is already available there. It's still getting daily
Web Codex & New Translations Workflow
What’s crackalackin’, folks! I can think of something that’s crackalackin’: The codex. We’ve all been there. You’re at work (boring). You can’t stop thinking about your Stardeus save. You think to you
New Stardeus UI: Behind the Scenes
Hey everyone!I wanted to reveal a bit of history and reasoning behind the new UI update. This was the 7th iteration of the UI. The first 6 are briefly documented in the art book (The Journey DLC), whi
The new UI is ready for public testing!
What's up, everyone! Work on the new major update is finally entering the final phase, and this is where we need your help! Like with all previous major updates, brave explorers are welcome to try it
UI Rework screenshots (LEAKED)
So, we've heard a lot of feedback when it comes to the new UI!Mostly it's been about people being afraid it will be less complicated than the old UI, taking away some of Stardeus charm… We hear your w
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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 | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Exploration · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · Strategy · Space · Sci-fi · Resource Management · Crafting · Singleplayer · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Korean, Italian, Hungarian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | https://stardeusgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support, ARM64 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 capable GPUs with Compute Shader support Storage: 1 GB available space