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Pixel Starships

SavySoda · 2023-05-23

Steam

CasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 06, 2016 (iOS), Jan 06, 2016 (Android), May 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2023 (Web browser), May 23, 2023 (Mac)

Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

Pixel Starships is a Casual Indie Massively Multiplayer RPG game released in 2023, free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 3013 reviews).

145
playing now
73%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

145 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Pixel Starships trailer thumbnail

Pixel Starships - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈184,954 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 145 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 152 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22622620202026Week of 2020-05-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

185782026-09-15 13:00 — 168 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 114 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 144 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 148 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 128 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 124 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 150 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 171 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 137 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 144 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 185 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 145 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 123 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 158 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 99 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 113 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 152 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 78 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 116 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 149 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 120 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 113 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 145 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
265110May 2020Aug 2026May 2020 — avg 265 · peak 520Jul 2020 — avg 143 · peak 210Sep 2020 — avg 110 · peak 183Nov 2020 — avg 138 · peak 211Jan 2021 — avg 119 · peak 191Mar 2021 — avg 141 · peak 226May 2021 — avg 120 · peak 181Jul 2021 — avg 121 · peak 179Sep 2021 — avg 128 · peak 209Nov 2021 — avg 136 · peak 230Jan 2022 — avg 139 · peak 234Mar 2022 — avg 148 · peak 246May 2022 — avg 150 · peak 236Jul 2022 — avg 129 · peak 204Sep 2022 — avg 158 · peak 247Nov 2022 — avg 134 · peak 222Jan 2023 — avg 134 · peak 226Mar 2023 — avg 163 · peak 260May 2023 — avg 204 · peak 392Jul 2023 — avg 234 · peak 373Sep 2023 — avg 217 · peak 332Nov 2023 — avg 214 · peak 319Jan 2024 — avg 179 · peak 258Mar 2024 — avg 193 · peak 301May 2024 — avg 178 · peak 266Jul 2024 — avg 163 · peak 223Sep 2024 — avg 195 · peak 297Nov 2024 — avg 209 · peak 288Jan 2025 — avg 185 · peak 273Mar 2025 — avg 183 · peak 249May 2025 — avg 177 · peak 254Jul 2025 — avg 157 · peak 219Sep 2025 — avg 150 · peak 224Nov 2025 — avg 138 · peak 202Jan 2026 — avg 138 · peak 201Mar 2026 — avg 136 · peak 189May 2026 — avg 122 · peak 178Jul 2026 — avg 139 · peak 202Aug 2026 — avg 153 · peak 238
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

54
achievements tracked
65.1%
earned "Full House I"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsCaptions available

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Spanish - Spain…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4890%54

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D4XAnimeSpaceSci-fiWargameBuildingStrategyRogue-likeMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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