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StarMade cover art

StarMade

Schine GmbH · 2014-12-04

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

StarMade is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 2990 reviews).

6
playing now
68%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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.

Trailer

StarMade trailer thumbnail

Official Starmade Trailer

≈175,009 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 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 9% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 75k–180k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,993 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

1322026-09-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4423Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 377 · peak 947Apr 2015 — avg 198 · peak 367Aug 2015 — avg 281 · peak 721Dec 2015 — avg 153 · peak 309Apr 2016 — avg 105 · peak 209Aug 2016 — avg 140 · peak 333Dec 2016 — avg 148 · peak 343Apr 2017 — avg 80 · peak 168Aug 2017 — avg 65 · peak 121Dec 2017 — avg 68 · peak 120Apr 2018 — avg 47 · peak 95Aug 2018 — avg 50 · peak 86Dec 2018 — avg 35 · peak 83Apr 2019 — avg 26 · peak 53Aug 2019 — avg 27 · peak 60Dec 2019 — avg 31 · peak 70Apr 2020 — avg 30 · peak 57Aug 2020 — avg 14 · peak 30Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 34Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 22Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 19Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 20Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 16Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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 pageviews2026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 13 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 14 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 2 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 11 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceVoxelActionSci-fiSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategyAdventure

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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