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Starship Theory
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“bué nice”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played“I had high hopes for this, even with it being early access. I'm no stranger to indie games and early access games being kinda funky, and a little goofy with some of the mechanics and playability, which is normally part of the fun. However, this game is like weaponized…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“i dont recomaned because there is no tutorail and very confusing”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Latest official news
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Updating save data
Future updates should no longer break save games. Before this change, updating Starship Theory would have required redesigning all enemy ships. This back end change removes this requirement from futur
Starting difficulties added
This update adds three starting ships to choose from: an armed military transport (easy), mining frigate (medium) and an escape pod (hard). Each ship starts with different resource amounts.
Windows, floors, painting and bugs
This update adds windows, new floor textures, new paint options for single tiles, new ships and a number of bug fixes.
New ships, structures and fixes
This update includes an automatic mining turret, larger CPU options, new ships to battle and many bug fixes.
Fire logic improvements
This update includes multiple improvements to firefighting logic. Thank you all for your feedback and patience!
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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, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Base-Building · Simulation · Strategy · Space · Indie · Survival · Early Access · Management · 2D · Sci-fi · Casual · Real-Time with Pause (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.reddit.com/r/StarshipTheory/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 640 or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space