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Star Command (1988) cover art

Star Command (1988)

Strategic Simulations · SNEG · 2023-12-19

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Mar 18, 1988 (DOS), 1988 (Amiga), Dec 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1988 (Atari ST/STE), Apr 20, 1989 (PC-9800 Series)

STAR COMMAND offers the thrill of the best sci-fi novels, and then some. In this epic multiple-character role-playing game, you don't just read about the adventure — you live it!

1
playing now
100%
positive of 15 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$5.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 89% of 13,908 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 40 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320232026Week of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.992026-08-282026-10-142026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.992026-09-01 — best price $2.992026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-09-07 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $2.992026-09-11 — best price $2.992026-09-13 — best price $2.992026-09-15 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-09-19 — best price $2.992026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-09-23 — best price $5.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-09-27 — best price $2.992026-09-29 — best price $2.992026-10-01 — best price $2.992026-10-03 — best price $2.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $5.992026-10-11 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPG1980sRetroSpace1990'sAliensSci-fiTop-DownFuturisticText-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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