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StarDrive cover art

StarDrive

Zero Sum Games · 2013-04-26

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 26, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.

StarDrive is a 2013 Indie and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with a Mixed sentiment (45% of 1488 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
45%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

StarDrive is a 4X real-time strategy video game by Zero Sum Games, it was released for Microsoft Windows in April 2013. The game was funded through Kickstarter, raising $17,676 in its December 2011 crowdfunding campaign. The player's goal is to dominate the galaxy with one of the eight races through diplomacy and war while developing new technologies, exploring new star systems and colonizing new planets. The game received a mixed critical reception, generating a score of 61/100 on reviews aggregation website Metacritic. Its sequel, StarDrive 2 contrastingly adopts turn-based strategy gameplay and was released in April 2015.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 59k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,484 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-12-01) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7860Sep 2012Aug 2026Sep 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0Feb 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2013 — avg 419 · peak 1,801Dec 2013 — avg 117 · peak 231May 2014 — avg 83 · peak 205Oct 2014 — avg 54 · peak 118Mar 2015 — avg 54 · peak 111Aug 2015 — avg 22 · peak 48Jan 2016 — avg 22 · peak 48Jun 2016 — avg 13 · peak 28Nov 2016 — avg 10 · peak 27Apr 2017 — avg 10 · peak 26Sep 2017 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2018 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2018 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2018 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2019 — avg 8 · peak 18Oct 2019 — avg 7 · peak 16Mar 2020 — avg 10 · peak 34Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 19Jan 2021 — avg 15 · peak 38Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 8 · peak 18Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$32.21$4.492015-01-012023-12-082015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-03-09 — best price $7.492015-04-24 — best price $14.992015-06-11 — best price $7.492015-07-29 — best price $29.952015-12-01 — best price $7.492016-01-26 — best price $29.992016-03-23 — best price $13.582016-07-07 — best price $32.212016-09-25 — best price $10.202016-12-12 — best price $29.992017-04-07 — best price $5.992017-07-22 — best price $25.732017-11-09 — best price $5.992018-01-16 — best price $5.992018-05-10 — best price $5.992018-08-02 — best price $29.992018-11-01 — best price $6.692018-12-02 — best price $25.492019-01-07 — best price $26.452019-03-07 — best price $6.002019-06-10 — best price $6.002019-07-23 — best price $25.192019-10-14 — best price $6.002019-11-29 — best price $5.992020-01-19 — best price $6.222020-04-08 — best price $5.392020-06-04 — best price $29.992020-06-25 — best price $5.392020-07-21 — best price $26.882020-08-25 — best price $29.992020-09-25 — best price $29.992020-10-19 — best price $5.992020-11-28 — best price $5.992021-01-01 — best price $22.042021-02-04 — best price $29.992021-03-02 — best price $25.382021-03-25 — best price $29.992021-04-23 — best price $25.382023-12-08 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

802026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 0 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-16 — 0 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 0 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 0 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 0 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-04 — 2 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 3 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 1 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Polish

Player tags

4XRTSIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyReal-TimeExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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