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Star Control I and II cover art

Star Control I and II

Toys for Bob · Stardock Entertainment · 2017-10-19

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 1994 (3DO Interactive Multiplayer), Nov 17, 1992 (DOS)

Explore a vast universe with pulse-pounding action, side-splitting humor, and hair-raising plot twists in these 2 classic space adventure games.

Star Control I and II is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 177 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 177 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
96/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 26h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters is a 1992 adventure shoot 'em up video game developed by Toys for Bob and originally published by Accolade in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is a direct sequel to Star Control, and includes exoplanet-abundant star systems, hyperspace travel, extraterrestrial life, and interstellar diplomacy. There are 25 alien races with which communication is possible.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 177 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at GOG (2016-04-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 17 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
90Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 9 · peak 31Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2025 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.352015-01-012026-08-102015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-21 — best price $5.992015-11-15 — best price $5.992016-09-06 — best price $5.992017-06-21 — best price $5.992019-09-30 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $3.992021-02-08 — best price $3.992021-06-28 — best price $3.992021-11-26 — best price $2.992022-01-31 — best price $3.992022-04-04 — best price $3.992022-09-08 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $1.992023-02-24 — best price $1.992023-09-22 — best price $1.992023-12-05 — best price $1.992024-02-14 — best price $1.352024-04-04 — best price $3.992024-06-18 — best price $3.992024-09-25 — best price $1.352024-11-21 — best price $3.992025-01-24 — best price $1.352025-04-30 — best price $1.352025-09-11 — best price $3.992025-10-23 — best price $1.592025-12-11 — best price $1.992026-02-16 — best price $3.992026-05-01 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

416752026-05-29 — 96 pageviews2026-06-02 — 80 pageviews2026-06-06 — 88 pageviews2026-06-10 — 171 pageviews2026-06-14 — 102 pageviews2026-06-18 — 84 pageviews2026-06-22 — 87 pageviews2026-06-26 — 86 pageviews2026-06-30 — 104 pageviews2026-07-04 — 90 pageviews2026-07-08 — 84 pageviews2026-07-12 — 94 pageviews2026-07-16 — 95 pageviews2026-07-20 — 83 pageviews2026-07-24 — 95 pageviews2026-07-28 — 96 pageviews2026-08-01 — 123 pageviews2026-08-05 — 110 pageviews2026-08-09 — 113 pageviews2026-08-13 — 152 pageviews2026-08-17 — 110 pageviews2026-08-21 — 108 pageviews2026-08-25 — 84 pageviews2026-08-29 — 84 pageviews2026-09-02 — 97 pageviews2026-09-06 — 83 pageviews2026-09-10 — 107 pageviews2026-09-14 — 115 pageviews2026-09-18 — 95 pageviews2026-09-22 — 127 pageviews2026-09-26 — 110 pageviews2026-09-30 — 123 pageviews2026-10-04 — 103 pageviews2026-10-08 — 80 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

PvEPvPFunnySpaceActionSci-fiShooterManagementStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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