The Game Census
Starbound cover art

Starbound

Chucklefish · 2016-07-22

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 22, 2016 (Mac), Oct 24, 2024 (Xbox One), Oct 24, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 22, 2016 (Linux)

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

814
playing now
90%
positive of 123k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (232 ratings)
51h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe…(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Starbound trailer thumbnail

Starbound - Xbox Launch Trailer

≈481,351 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 814 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,184 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~148/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26,817 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1M–7.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 123,283 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2022-08-01) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 52 of 59 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26k26k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9,213 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 26,279 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 538 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,929 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,711 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,011 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,185 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k02026-08-06 21:00 — 870 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 674 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 788 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 855 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 708 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 869 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 968 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 792 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 936 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,063 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 645 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 804 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 922 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 650 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 786 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 811 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 598 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 762 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,056 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 731 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 619 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 837 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 723 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 913 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 728 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 567 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 882 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 814 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$3.742015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-05-18 — best price $14.992015-11-19 — best price $14.992016-05-18 — best price $10.042016-10-18 — best price $11.992017-03-03 — best price $14.992017-07-03 — best price $9.892018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-08-06 — best price $14.992018-10-22 — best price $14.992018-12-13 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-07-18 — best price $10.042019-12-02 — best price $14.992020-01-13 — best price $14.022020-02-07 — best price $13.782020-04-14 — best price $13.392020-11-28 — best price $7.492021-06-03 — best price $5.992021-11-05 — best price $11.992022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-07-08 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $5.992022-12-21 — best price $7.992023-04-10 — best price $14.992023-07-25 — best price $7.992023-12-09 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-04 — best price $7.992024-08-15 — best price $4.492024-11-21 — best price $5.992025-01-23 — best price $5.992025-05-08 — best price $5.992025-08-13 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-02-20 — best price $14.992026-04-25 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

2.9k02026-08-18 07:12 — 1,647 viewers2026-08-26 09:12 — 1,780 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1,407 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,396 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1,461 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 2,768 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 89 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 1,743 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned "Adventurer Eventuality "
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)104,7632%51
Windows (Xbox)7,98852%51
Xbox One (Xbox)4,5662%51

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionSandboxCraftingRelaxingSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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