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Starcom: Nexus

Wx3 Labs, LLC · 2019-12-12

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.

6
playing now
90%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 141 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 58k–139k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,315 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-03-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 37 of 58 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17617620182026Week of 2018-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-08-11 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992018-12-132026-08-302018-12-13 — best price $14.442019-06-26 — best price $14.442020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-06-15 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992021-02-10 — best price $19.992021-04-22 — best price $13.992021-07-15 — best price $15.992021-11-29 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-04-28 — best price $19.992022-07-21 — best price $11.992022-10-13 — best price $11.992023-01-26 — best price $14.992023-04-04 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-10-02 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $7.992024-03-07 — best price $19.992024-04-17 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $19.992024-08-01 — best price $7.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-02-28 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-08-26 — best price $9.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-19 — best price $7.992026-02-04 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-05-12 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-08-25 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
92.5%
earned "Greetings, Commander"
34.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9113%24

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceActionSci-fiBuildingTop-DownAdventureBeautiful

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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