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Star Control®: Origins

Stardock Entertainment · 2018-09-20

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 20, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.

9
playing now
74%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 59h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

In the year 2088, humanity's space agency Star Control launches Earth's first interstellar-capable ship to investigate an alien distress signal. The player takes the role of that ship's captain, venturing out from the Solar System into a largely unknown galaxy. What begins as a response to a single signal opens into a wider journey of exploring distant worlds, making contact with alien species, and navigating the alliances and conflicts that follow. Characters, species, and events encountered along the way present quests that draw the captain deeper into the galaxy and its mysteries.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (479 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 67k–161k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,685 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$4.80-76%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.97-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-10-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 86 of 113 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34334320182026Week of 2018-09-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$31.99$4.802017-10-202026-08-252017-10-20 — best price $24.992018-10-05 — best price $31.992019-03-13 — best price $29.992019-08-14 — best price $10.192019-12-11 — best price $9.892020-03-27 — best price $29.992020-06-15 — best price $29.992020-08-23 — best price $26.882020-10-06 — best price $22.042020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-01-25 — best price $29.992021-03-04 — best price $29.992021-04-19 — best price $25.382021-06-21 — best price $13.492021-09-20 — best price $29.992021-11-30 — best price $29.992022-02-07 — best price $29.992022-05-09 — best price $13.492022-08-26 — best price $22.042022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-02-13 — best price $8.992023-06-01 — best price $8.992023-10-23 — best price $29.992024-02-12 — best price $10.192024-04-19 — best price $23.392024-07-27 — best price $22.042024-10-17 — best price $29.992025-01-13 — best price $23.392025-04-03 — best price $14.692025-08-01 — best price $6.792025-09-29 — best price $6.792025-12-12 — best price $5.442026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $5.992026-08-25 — best price $4.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.4%
earned "One Small Step"
27.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller Support4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Finnish, Italian

Player tags

FunnySpaceActionAliensSci-fiShooterAdventureDark HumorStory RichCompetitive

Census log

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

Recent updates

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