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Star Traders: 4X Empires

Trese Brothers · 2014-12-16

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2014 (Mac), Dec 16, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 16, 2014 (Linux)

Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.

Star Traders: 4X Empires is a 2014 Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 82 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.

0
playing now
63%
positive of 82 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 50,336 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 82 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2020-11-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320142025Week of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-112015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-05-18 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-05-09 — best price $9.992016-08-29 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-01-13 — best price $9.992018-03-11 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-07-22 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-09 — best price $9.992023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-18 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-11-15 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-09-05 — best price $1.992025-10-20 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-04-15 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-08-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
11.1%
earned "Junior Scientist"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XSpaceAliensSci-fiEconomyBuildingPoliticsTop-DownDiplomacyManagement

Census log

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

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