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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

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.

2
playing now
84%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
24h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 35h
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
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

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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

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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