The Game Census
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.

1
playing now
79%
positive of 840 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 840 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

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 10 of 17 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992017-08-102026-08-302017-08-10 — best price $13.492017-10-26 — best price $9.742017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-02-15 — best price $7.492018-05-10 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-09-10 — best price $10.992018-11-21 — best price $4.942018-12-23 — best price $14.992019-03-08 — best price $14.992019-07-01 — best price $4.492019-09-05 — best price $14.992019-12-01 — best price $4.492020-02-26 — best price $13.392020-05-05 — best price $3.742020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-06-09 — best price $2.992021-10-27 — best price $2.992021-11-29 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-02-14 — best price $14.992023-07-04 — best price $14.992023-08-16 — best price $14.992023-11-09 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-05-16 — best price $14.992025-08-27 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
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

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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