The Game Census
Starbase cover art

Starbase

Frozenbyte · 2021-07-29

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jun 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.

7
playing now
55%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Starbase is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game for Microsoft Windows currently in development by Frozenbyte. It was revealed in May 2019 and released on Steam early access in July 2021. The game is voxel-based and set in space where players play as robots that can mine asteroids and design spaceships.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 97 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,705 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 135k–304k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,755 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.24 at IndieGala Store (2025-04-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 75 of 115 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20212026Week of 2021-07-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 517 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,837 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 868 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-08-06 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$5.242021-07-292026-08-262021-07-29 — best price $31.492022-01-05 — best price $24.492022-05-06 — best price $17.492022-08-19 — best price $11.892023-01-12 — best price $11.892023-05-24 — best price $11.892023-09-09 — best price $34.992024-02-05 — best price $34.992024-05-21 — best price $34.992024-07-25 — best price $34.992024-09-09 — best price $34.992024-10-21 — best price $8.932024-11-18 — best price $8.932024-12-19 — best price $11.892025-01-23 — best price $11.892025-02-20 — best price $11.902025-03-31 — best price $25.192025-05-06 — best price $5.242025-06-02 — best price $7.002025-07-11 — best price $7.002025-08-07 — best price $7.442025-09-12 — best price $8.752025-10-06 — best price $34.992025-11-20 — best price $7.442025-12-23 — best price $34.992026-01-26 — best price $34.992026-02-26 — best price $34.992026-03-23 — best price $25.192026-04-20 — best price $25.192026-05-18 — best price $25.192026-07-01 — best price $10.502026-07-24 — best price $34.992026-08-24 — best price $34.992026-08-26 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

FPSSpaceVoxelActionSci-fiSandboxBuildingCraftingSpace SimOpen World

Census log

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

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