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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)

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.

144
playing now
73%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

144 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 144 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 10% of 9,647 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

1931102026-08-06 22:00 — 116 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 151 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 140 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 117 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 153 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 155 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 115 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 171 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 178 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 111 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 154 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 187 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 110 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 138 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 168 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 131 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 124 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 193 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 133 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 139 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 161 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 158 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 141 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 155 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 167 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 151 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 173 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 171 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 149 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 144 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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.

Player tags

2D4XAnimeSpaceSci-fiWargameBuildingStrategyRogue-likeMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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