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Starminer
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“UPDATE: Okay, fair is fair. While I still think this game misses on several early game issues, once you figure it out it is actually quite enjoyable. If you like base-building and sci-fi games this does a pretty good job of scratching that itch. The structural possibilities…”
— a player, Steam review · 128 hrs played“It's crazy how many people write negative reviews on this game. So the Devs took a break. Cry me a river. Most people have less than 10 hours and are saying don't buy, don't buy. Shoot. I've spent 133 hours and I still haven't left the Sol system by choice. I've maxed research,…”
— a player, Steam review · 158 hrs played“While I have enjoyed the game. I'm going to stop playing until they fix some of the many serious bugs. The answer to seemingly every problem is "save and reload the game", which sometimes work. Drill rigs vanish from ships. Ships suddenly say "No Energy" and stop working when…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). 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.
0.33.11.0 Beta
Final batch of updates before we update the main branch. This update includes substantial performance updates for larger battles and fixes for some of the most annoying bugs. =========================
Update 7 Live on Beta
Good day, Starminers! Update 7 on Beta is here. Patches 6+7 should hit the main branch in the following days. This update is another round of improvements across flight, UI, saves, loading performance
Patch 6 available on Beta Branch!
Beta Patch 6 is here! As mentioned in our previous update, this patch focuses on some of the features you’ve been asking for: better flight accessibility and improved tutorials (some training sections
Update Preview: Patch 6 Beta Incoming & Roadmap Progress
First of all, we want to apologize for the radio silence lately. We know it’s been a while since our last proper update and we should definitely keep you in the loop better. We’ve been hard at work on
Hotfix 0.33.7.2
============================== STARMINER 0.33.7.2 - PATCH NOTES ============================== ------------------------------------------ TWEAKS ------------------------------------------ - The hangar
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Sandbox · Space Sim · Economy · Space · Sci-fi · Trading · RPG · Exploration · Strategy RPG · Open World · Spaceships (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 58 |
| Official site | https://starminer.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 32 bit Processor: Intel Core i3-10100 | AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (or similar) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1050 | AMD Radeon RX 560 (or similar) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 7 GB available space Sound Card: Windows compatible