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Starmancer

Ominux Games · Chucklefish · 2021-08-05

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 05, 2021 (Linux), Aug 05, 2021 (Mac), Aug 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.

0
playing now
62%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 75h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Starmancer is a 2021 construction and management simulation game developed by Ominux Games and published by Chucklefish. It was released into early access for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux on August 21, 2021. Its game state is viewed from an isometric perspective, taking place in a procedurally generated galaxy.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,047 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 12 observed days · $16.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.742021-08-052026-08-302021-08-05 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-06-06 — best price $16.992022-06-28 — best price $19.992022-08-22 — best price $15.992022-10-06 — best price $15.992022-10-27 — best price $15.992022-11-22 — best price $15.992022-12-01 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-17 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-04-20 — best price $19.992023-06-05 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-11-22 — best price $14.392023-12-15 — best price $4.492023-12-21 — best price $4.492024-01-24 — best price $12.742024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-04-16 — best price $11.992024-06-29 — best price $10.042025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-24 — best price $7.492025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $3.742026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-07-01 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2.5DIndieSpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagement

Census log

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

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