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StarMade cover art

StarMade

Schine GmbH · 2014-12-04

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 04, 2014 (Mac), Dec 04, 2014 (Linux), Dec 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

3
playing now
68%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

StarMade is an open world space sandbox Minecraft clone developed by Schine GmbH that was released on 28 February 2012 as a public alpha for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 75k–179k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,990 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2015-06-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.22 · on sale 0 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1122026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$6.892015-01-012026-05-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-05-05 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $11.242019-07-09 — best price $14.992020-03-09 — best price $13.492020-06-06 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-07-31 — best price $14.992020-08-22 — best price $14.992020-09-14 — best price $14.992020-10-10 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-01-24 — best price $10.752021-02-21 — best price $14.992021-03-15 — best price $14.992021-04-07 — best price $14.992021-05-02 — best price $14.992021-05-26 — best price $10.752021-07-09 — best price $13.492021-08-17 — best price $11.012021-09-13 — best price $13.492021-11-10 — best price $11.012022-01-13 — best price $13.492022-03-01 — best price $11.012022-04-25 — best price $13.492022-06-04 — best price $13.492022-07-17 — best price $11.012022-09-10 — best price $13.492022-10-17 — best price $11.012022-12-04 — best price $13.492023-01-23 — best price $11.012023-02-27 — best price $13.492023-04-08 — best price $11.012023-06-06 — best price $13.492023-10-18 — best price $11.012024-08-07 — best price $13.492025-01-31 — best price $11.012026-05-30 — best price $11.22
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-05-28 — 13 pageviews2026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerPartial Controller SupportStatsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

IndieSpaceVoxelActionSci-fiSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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