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Star Shift Origins

Psychronic Game Studios · Psychronic Games · 2021-11-08

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 08, 2021 (Mac), Nov 08, 2021 (Linux), Nov 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Star Shift Origins tells the story of the first crew of the Dauntless. Trapped in an alternate reality and on the run, the crew desperately searches for answers while being hunted by the relentless Earth Systems Alliance (ESA).

Star Shift Origins is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2021, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 68 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 69 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 49,396 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.55 at Steam (2023-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620212026Week of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.39$0.002021-11-082023-11-012021-11-08 — best price $5.112021-11-15 — best price $6.392021-12-22 — best price $5.112022-01-05 — best price $6.392022-01-27 — best price $5.112022-02-03 — best price $6.392022-03-28 — best price $3.832022-04-04 — best price $6.392022-06-23 — best price $3.832022-07-07 — best price $6.392022-08-01 — best price $3.832022-08-08 — best price $6.392022-09-19 — best price $3.832022-09-26 — best price $6.392022-12-12 — best price $3.832022-12-19 — best price $6.392022-12-23 — best price $3.832023-01-05 — best price $6.392023-01-23 — best price $3.832023-01-30 — best price $6.392023-03-06 — best price $3.832023-03-13 — best price $6.392023-03-16 — best price $3.832023-03-23 — best price $6.392023-04-17 — best price $3.192023-04-24 — best price $6.392023-05-29 — best price $3.192023-06-05 — best price $6.392023-06-29 — best price $3.192023-07-13 — best price $6.392023-07-24 — best price $2.552023-07-31 — best price $6.392023-09-04 — best price $3.192023-09-11 — best price $6.392023-10-16 — best price $3.322023-10-23 — best price $6.392023-11-01 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGSpaceAliensSci-fiStrategyConspiracyFuturisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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