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StarDrive

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.

Released Apr 26, 2013 Developer Zero Sum Games Platforms Windows Strategy4XSpaceIndieSci-fi
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.

44.7%positive1,473 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“cool”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“All this game does on windows is crashes... Wasted money”

— a player, Steam review · 374 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

3playing at last check
624-hour peak
3,091all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 786 avg · May 2013

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US29.99 USD
EU27.99 EUR
UK22.99 GBP
Australia42.95 AUD
Canada32.99 CAD
Japan2,980 JPY
Brazil55.99 BRL
China88.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$11 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$32

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

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 27, 2014
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/

Apr 27, 2014
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/

Mar 17, 2014
StarDrive 2 Development Log

Here is a video log update of our development progress on StarDrive 2! http://youtu.be/xz0OI-K-Oak

Mar 17, 2014
StarDrive 2 Development Log

Here is a video log update of our development progress on StarDrive 2! http://youtu.be/xz0OI-K-Oak

Jan 18, 2014
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

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Facts & details

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

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · 4X · Space · Indie · Sci-fi · RTS · Singleplayer · Real-Time · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German, French, Polish, Russian *
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://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