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Star Ruler

Blind Mind Studios · 2010-09-20

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 21, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 21, 2010 (Linux)

Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...

Star Ruler is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 342 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 342 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Star Ruler is a space 4X / RTS hybrid developed and published by American company Blind Mind Studios.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 14k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 342 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2017-09-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620122026Week of 2012-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2012-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
531Jul 2012Jul 2025Jul 2012 — avg 53 · peak 192Nov 2012 — avg 21 · peak 90Mar 2013 — avg 18 · peak 55Jul 2013 — avg 12 · peak 30Nov 2013 — avg 9 · peak 32Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2014 — avg 10 · peak 26Nov 2014 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2015 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2015 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 19Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.27$1.992015-01-012024-02-282015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-01-22 — best price $13.882015-02-06 — best price $11.492015-03-21 — best price $11.492015-04-13 — best price $12.992015-04-23 — best price $19.512015-06-16 — best price $4.942015-07-29 — best price $14.952015-09-11 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-01-26 — best price $14.992016-05-05 — best price $3.742016-05-20 — best price $14.992016-07-07 — best price $16.742016-09-22 — best price $14.992016-11-25 — best price $2.992017-01-12 — best price $3.742017-02-27 — best price $2.492017-05-25 — best price $9.992017-07-23 — best price $13.832017-09-18 — best price $1.992017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-01-16 — best price $1.992018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-08-30 — best price $1.992018-12-14 — best price $12.592019-01-19 — best price $12.592019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-08-05 — best price $9.992019-10-14 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-02-11 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-09-06 — best price $9.992024-02-28 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 0 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 2 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 6 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 3 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1 pageviews2026-10-11 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XRTSIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerGrand StrategyGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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