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Starcom: Unknown Space

Wx3 Labs, LLC · 2024-09-02

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

Starcom: Unknown Space is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG released in 2024, priced at $17.49, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 4493 reviews).

60
playing now
92%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (113 downloads)
23h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.49
steam price (US)

60 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Starcom: Unknown Space trailer thumbnail

"Starcom: Unknown Space" Announce Trailer

≈28,179 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 60 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 909 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~114/week).
  • · Review velocity up 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 90k–202k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,493 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.49-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2026-03-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 64 of 94 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
88488420222026Week of 2022-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8402026-09-14 23:00 — 47 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 32 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 47 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 34 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 32 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 26 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 34 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 28 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 42 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 44 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 84 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 59 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 25 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 39 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 82 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 84 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8598Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 96 · peak 332Feb 2023 — avg 28 · peak 68Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Jun 2023 — avg 18 · peak 67Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 27 · peak 81Dec 2023 — avg 33 · peak 98Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 49Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 35Jun 2024 — avg 48 · peak 137Aug 2024 — avg 77 · peak 539Oct 2024 — avg 270 · peak 646Dec 2024 — avg 113 · peak 283Feb 2025 — avg 236 · peak 540Apr 2025 — avg 119 · peak 308Jun 2025 — avg 58 · peak 199Aug 2025 — avg 75 · peak 202Oct 2025 — avg 80 · peak 201Dec 2025 — avg 132 · peak 764Feb 2026 — avg 174 · peak 561Apr 2026 — avg 225 · peak 718Jun 2026 — avg 65 · peak 192Aug 2026 — avg 63 · peak 178
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$12.492022-12-142026-10-142022-12-14 — best price $16.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $16.992024-07-22 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $21.242024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-16 — best price $24.992025-02-27 — best price $24.992025-04-03 — best price $18.742025-05-15 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $17.492025-08-01 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $18.742025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-11-16 — best price $24.992025-12-15 — best price $24.992026-01-19 — best price $24.992026-02-12 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-01 — best price $17.492026-05-25 — best price $17.492026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-14 — best price $17.492026-08-30 — best price $17.492026-09-04 — best price $17.492026-09-09 — best price $17.492026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-19 — best price $17.492026-09-24 — best price $17.492026-09-29 — best price $17.492026-10-04 — best price $17.492026-10-09 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $17.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "Unknown Space"
40.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

4 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2514%23

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

RPGIndieSpaceActionCombatSci-fiBuildingLore-RichSpace SimAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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