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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

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.

1
playing now
83%
positive of 175 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 61% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 175 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 21 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

2.3k702026-05-29 — 96 pageviews2026-06-01 — 80 pageviews2026-06-04 — 97 pageviews2026-06-07 — 199 pageviews2026-06-10 — 171 pageviews2026-06-13 — 116 pageviews2026-06-16 — 111 pageviews2026-06-19 — 92 pageviews2026-06-22 — 87 pageviews2026-06-25 — 102 pageviews2026-06-28 — 112 pageviews2026-07-01 — 98 pageviews2026-07-04 — 90 pageviews2026-07-07 — 123 pageviews2026-07-10 — 107 pageviews2026-07-13 — 99 pageviews2026-07-16 — 95 pageviews2026-07-19 — 93 pageviews2026-07-22 — 101 pageviews2026-07-25 — 95 pageviews2026-07-28 — 96 pageviews2026-07-31 — 81 pageviews2026-08-03 — 94 pageviews2026-08-06 — 112 pageviews2026-08-09 — 113 pageviews2026-08-12 — 194 pageviews2026-08-15 — 101 pageviews2026-08-18 — 102 pageviews2026-08-21 — 108 pageviews2026-08-24 — 87 pageviews2026-08-26 — 105 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

PvEPvPFunnySpaceActionSci-fiShooterManagementStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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