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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander cover art

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Massive Damage, Inc. · 2016-09-08

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Jan 31, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 19, 2017 (iOS), Sep 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 08, 2016 (Mac), Sep 08, 2016 (Linux)

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1321 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (416 downloads)
24h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 35h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a strategy video game and turn-based tactical RPG hybrid developed and published by Massive Damage. It was released on September 8, 2016 for Windows, OS X and Linux, and October 19, 2017 for iOS. Taking place in a science fiction setting, the player must reclaim and rebuild the derelict ancient space station Halcyon 6 in order to stop an impending alien invasion of Earth.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (308 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,321 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23123120162026Week of 2016-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4951Mar 2016Mar 2026Mar 2016 — avg 3 · peak 29Jun 2016 — avg 13 · peak 47Sep 2016 — avg 495 · peak 2,957Dec 2016 — avg 83 · peak 248Mar 2017 — avg 38 · peak 85Jun 2017 — avg 69 · peak 410Sep 2017 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2017 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2018 — avg 17 · peak 146Jun 2018 — avg 12 · peak 32Sep 2018 — avg 9 · peak 27Dec 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 24Jun 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2026 — avg 1 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002016-04-212021-03-172016-04-21 — best price $13.492016-05-02 — best price $12.742016-05-25 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $15.992016-09-09 — best price $16.992016-09-15 — best price $19.992016-10-28 — best price $16.992016-11-15 — best price $19.992016-12-01 — best price $15.992016-12-14 — best price $19.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-01-26 — best price $19.992017-02-27 — best price $13.992017-03-25 — best price $19.992017-04-10 — best price $12.992017-05-11 — best price $11.992017-06-21 — best price $19.992017-07-20 — best price $9.992017-07-31 — best price $19.992017-08-16 — best price $14.992018-05-29 — best price $14.992018-08-28 — best price $4.942018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $4.942019-03-08 — best price $14.992019-07-18 — best price $3.742019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $4.492020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-08-29 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-18 — best price $14.992021-03-17 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-06-02 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-14 — 5 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
73.9%
earned "Tier 1 Ship"
18.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-09-09 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategySimulationTurn-BasedSingleplayerStrategy RPG

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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