The Game Census
Star Explorers cover art

Star Explorers

Schmidt Workshops · 2018-05-08

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 254 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 55% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.3k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 254 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-30%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.49-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.74 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 34 of 55 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$2.742017-05-082026-08-302017-05-08 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-06-11 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-03-25 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-08-16 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-05-16 — best price $4.992022-09-23 — best price $4.992023-01-23 — best price $4.992023-11-20 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-06 — best price $4.992024-03-20 — best price $2.992024-04-25 — best price $4.992024-06-14 — best price $3.742024-08-01 — best price $3.742024-09-19 — best price $3.742024-10-21 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $4.992025-02-21 — best price $4.992025-03-19 — best price $3.742025-05-11 — best price $4.992025-06-16 — best price $4.992025-08-01 — best price $3.492025-09-22 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $3.492026-01-03 — best price $4.992026-02-04 — best price $3.492026-03-08 — best price $4.992026-04-20 — best price $4.992026-05-31 — best price $4.992026-07-15 — best price $3.492026-08-23 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
78.9%
earned "Mothership"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

IndieRetroSpaceActionSci-fiSandboxSpace SimOld SchoolOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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