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Starbase cover art

Starbase

Frozenbyte · 2021-07-29

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Starbase is a 2021 Action, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation and Early Access game priced at $34.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 6755 reviews).

6
playing now
55%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Starbase trailer thumbnail

Starbase - Announcement Trailer

≈364,125 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 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 6% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 135k–305k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,767 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 65 of 100 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

1122026-09-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.0k4Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 4,961 · peak 9,896Oct 2021 — avg 508 · peak 1,119Dec 2021 — avg 172 · peak 322Feb 2022 — avg 151 · peak 293Apr 2022 — avg 134 · peak 247Jun 2022 — avg 197 · peak 547Aug 2022 — avg 101 · peak 196Oct 2022 — avg 82 · peak 170Dec 2022 — avg 68 · peak 136Feb 2023 — avg 45 · peak 106Apr 2023 — avg 41 · peak 79Jun 2023 — avg 36 · peak 72Aug 2023 — avg 46 · peak 92Oct 2023 — avg 34 · peak 76Dec 2023 — avg 24 · peak 52Feb 2024 — avg 25 · peak 70Apr 2024 — avg 60 · peak 276Jun 2024 — avg 118 · peak 261Aug 2024 — avg 52 · peak 111Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 67Dec 2024 — avg 18 · peak 31Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 30Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 23Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

5632026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 56 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 21 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 13 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 16 pageviews2026-10-04 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 3 pageviews2026-10-11 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-07 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSSpaceVoxelActionSci-fiSandboxBuildingCraftingSpace SimOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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