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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) cover art

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)

Massive Damage, Inc. · 2017-08-09

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 09, 2017 (Linux), Aug 09, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 09, 2017 (Mac), Jan 31, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) is a 2017 Indie, RPG, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $14.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (79% of 841 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
79%
positive of 841 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 841 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2020-05-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 63 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020172026Week of 2017-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1220Jul 2017Aug 2026Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 48 · peak 141Jan 2018 — avg 32 · peak 108Apr 2018 — avg 122 · peak 358Jul 2018 — avg 40 · peak 124Oct 2018 — avg 20 · peak 49Jan 2019 — avg 21 · peak 49Apr 2019 — avg 14 · peak 33Jul 2019 — avg 25 · peak 84Oct 2019 — avg 10 · peak 26Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 41Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 23Jul 2020 — avg 21 · peak 57Oct 2020 — avg 13 · peak 31Jan 2021 — avg 14 · peak 42Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 25Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 26Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992017-08-102026-10-152017-08-10 — best price $13.492017-11-08 — best price $10.002018-02-01 — best price $7.492018-05-10 — best price $5.992018-07-31 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $4.942018-12-23 — best price $14.992019-04-23 — best price $14.992019-08-28 — best price $3.742019-12-01 — best price $4.492020-03-25 — best price $13.392020-06-15 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $2.992021-10-27 — best price $2.992021-12-13 — best price $2.992022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-08-01 — best price $14.992023-11-09 — best price $14.992024-02-06 — best price $2.992024-05-22 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-01 — best price $14.992026-09-04 — best price $2.992026-09-12 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.3%
earned "Tier 1 Ship"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2017-08-10, latest 2018-02-01 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2D4XRPGSpaceSci-fiStrategyDiplomacyTurn-BasedExplorationStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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