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The Last Starship
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
57 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It has some similarities to Rimworld, my favorite game of all time. Manage a crew of people, resources, and build a base to defend threats and interface with the world. The developers did a great job of the tutorial,…”
“TLDR: A mix of Factorio and Starsector but more casual. Very fun and worth it if its on sale. There are still some bugs, but its nice to see a space-based factory sim that looks good and has thought-out missions. I…”
“This game is the pinnacle of space based logistics and combat! What you are capable of doing is honestly amazing!! The things this game gets good! Interstellar logistics, basically giving a good interpretation of how…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is the pinnacle of space based logistics and combat! What you are capable of doing is honestly amazing!! The things this game gets good! Interstellar logistics, basically giving a good interpretation of how…”
“I've got about 20 hrs into the game so far and I'm rather enjoying it. This has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you're into following a storyline main quest without sidetracks not much will be lost. If you…”
“The game is super fun and has an interesting story line, If you are into FTL or other top down space ship management games, then this is the next best thing from the team at introversion.”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's hard to believe it is a full game and not Early Access or Demo. Good premise, great potential, minimal realization. Ship building is interesting. Visuals are cheap and boring. The universe is small. Very small. The…”
“insta bought when it got out of early access since it's Introversion, but as many other reviews note, there's really not much here. The UI is also fairly poor and the docking minigame is just an outright chore.…”
“Good fun, with lots of things to tinker with to make a ship work well. Could use some tweaking in a couple areas, but there is more good stuff on the roadmap.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It has some similarities to Rimworld, my favorite game of all time. Manage a crew of people, resources, and build a base to defend threats and interface with the world. The developers did a great job of the tutorial,…”
“This is an absolutely fantastic game. Genuinely surprised me, I was expecting an aimless Rimworld-style city builder, but there's an actual branching story, real development, research tree, and after however many hours…”
“Came into this fresh at 1.0 with zero early access experience. There's a bit of a learning curve early on but nothing too bad, and the core gameplay had me hooked pretty quick. The Star Project storyline is where things…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
29 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“My review comes with the caveat that this game is missing a lot right now, but it's got the bones of something amazing. I think there's a strong chance this will end up a great game in the next year or two... but that…”
“It's hard to believe it is a full game and not Early Access or Demo. Good premise, great potential, minimal realization. Ship building is interesting. Visuals are cheap and boring. The universe is small. Very small. The…”
“I played this game a lot, and basically was bored the entire time. I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did. In theory, this has all the elements of games I love, but it just doesn't work here. It's very…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“insta bought when it got out of early access since it's Introversion, but as many other reviews note, there's really not much here. The UI is also fairly poor and the docking minigame is just an outright chore.…”
“5 years in developement? Very shallow game for that.. very basic things like deactivating single machines or even loading a save while ingame are missing.. And i really don't like if games don't give me enough…”
“I decided to give this a go because of the reviews. My advice? Wait for it to actually be finished. The first couple hours are fun. You get to build the ship over time, scaling it. After that the amount of people that…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“It's hard to believe it is a full game and not Early Access or Demo. Good premise, great potential, minimal realization. Ship building is interesting. Visuals are cheap and boring. The universe is small. Very small. The…”
“I would avoid this one. Game is in a game-breakingly buggy state. Also, It doesn't feel like a starship builder, it feels more like a base builder where the world is a disconnected backdrop and moves and rotates around…”
“5 years in developement? Very shallow game for that.. very basic things like deactivating single machines or even loading a save while ingame are missing.. And i really don't like if games don't give me enough…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“It's hard to believe it is a full game and not Early Access or Demo. Good premise, great potential, minimal realization. Ship building is interesting. Visuals are cheap and boring. The universe is small. Very small. The…”
“I decided to give this a go because of the reviews. My advice? Wait for it to actually be finished. The first couple hours are fun. You get to build the ship over time, scaling it. After that the amount of people that…”
“Update: My game time does not represent my actual play time. I left it on overnight. I decided to play the main story game. Although it is better it is very linear do this do that etc. Still very limited in scope.…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“My review comes with the caveat that this game is missing a lot right now, but it's got the bones of something amazing. I think there's a strong chance this will end up a great game in the next year or two... but that…”
“5 years in developement? Very shallow game for that.. very basic things like deactivating single machines or even loading a save while ingame are missing.. And i really don't like if games don't give me enough…”
“Update: My game time does not represent my actual play time. I left it on overnight. I decided to play the main story game. Although it is better it is very linear do this do that etc. Still very limited in scope.…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Got the game three years ago, when it was on Alpha. Now it feels more like early Beta. Hard to recommend. The good stuff: Gameplay loop is fun. Pick some contracts, fly around shooting/delivering/mining, get some money, upgrade your ship, go for fatter contracts... Shipbuilding…”
— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs played“I see fun, deep mechanics and gameplay that tries to make good use of them. What I don’t see is an actual game. There’s a genuinely awesome core concept here, but the gameplay loop feels boring and unpolished. It’s still a pretty enjoyable shipment logistics simulation, yet the…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Disappointed by a Rushed 1.0 Release I really wanted to love this game from the Prison Architect devs, but The Last Starship feels like it launched at least six months too early. From developers who spent nearly a decade refining Prison Architect into a beloved classic, this…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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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.
Update 26e (Hotfix)
An interim update ahead of Update 27 to fix the following issues: #752 Achievement glitch with 1k rescue, when having over 10k #813 Dead bodies not being collected by ports that accept both outgoing c
Update 26 Released
For experienced players, we invite you to try the new enhanced difficulty modes in Survival - you will find equipment availability in trade stations dropping off as you progress through the sectors, a
Update 25e Patch Notes
Update 25e : - Allow Reactor Core components to be bought and sold in trading posts. - Drones can now transfer boxed equipment again.
Update 25 Released
Docking Port Fluid Pipes: Streamline your resource management by running fluid transfer pipes directly to your docking ports, allowing for automated liquid and gas distribution across docked vessels.
Update 24 Released
Update 24 has been released! We've added new ways to control power on your ship, including a new Power Switch which can disable entire sections at a time. We've introduced a new way to fabricate ship
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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, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Sandbox · Simulation · Singleplayer · Space · Sci-fi · Base-Building · Space Sim · Mining · Building · 2D · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Spanish - Latin America * , Italian * , Dutch * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Russian * , Swedish * , Norwegian * , Turkish * , Japan… |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Official site | http://www.last-starship.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 Graphics: Geforce or Radeon Storage: 1 GB available space