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Starmancer

Ominux Games · Chucklefish · 2021-08-05

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Starmancer is a 2021 Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game priced at $14.99, with a Mixed sentiment based on 62% of 1048 reviews and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
62%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
Nexus mods (1.6k downloads)
40h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 75h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (483 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,048 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 7 of 55 observed days · $16.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29529520212026Week of 2021-08-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1992Aug 2021Apr 2026Aug 2021 — avg 199 · peak 900Oct 2021 — avg 17 · peak 40Dec 2021 — avg 11 · peak 28Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 16Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 67Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 30Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2023 — avg 17 · peak 56Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 24 · peak 91Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.742021-08-052026-10-142021-08-05 — best price $19.992022-05-06 — best price $16.992022-06-06 — best price $16.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-10-06 — best price $15.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-03-17 — best price $13.992023-04-04 — best price $13.992023-06-05 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-12-15 — best price $4.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-04-24 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-31 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-07-01 — best price $7.492026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 0 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 4 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 0 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2.5DIndieSpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagement

Census log

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

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