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StarDrive
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (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.
“cool”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“game crashes all the time instead of fixing the game dev decided to release stardrive 2. guy prob works for rockstar now.”
— a player, Steam review · 847 hrs played“All this game does on windows is crashes... Wasted money”
— a player, Steam review · 374 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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PC Gamer talks StarDrive, Endless Legend
Come check out this cool story about 4x games that PC Gamer has done. A meaty chat. http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/25/interview-endless-space-and-stardrive-developers-talk-about-4x-design/
PC Gamer talks StarDrive, Endless Legend
Come check out this cool story about 4x games that PC Gamer has done. A meaty chat. http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/25/interview-endless-space-and-stardrive-developers-talk-about-4x-design/
StarDrive 2 Development Log
Here is a video log update of our development progress on StarDrive 2! http://youtu.be/xz0OI-K-Oak
StarDrive 2 Development Log
Here is a video log update of our development progress on StarDrive 2! http://youtu.be/xz0OI-K-Oak
Patch Notes 1.15
Here is the changelog for the 1.15 patch. I think many players will appreciate both the fixes and the additions, and it also holds some good stuff for modders. Fixed an issue with the Fletchette canno
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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 | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · 4X · Space · Indie · Sci-fi · RTS · Singleplayer · Real-Time · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, French, Polish, Russian * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.stardrivegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+ Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space Additional: Please Note: integrated Intel graphic card/chips not supported